December 17, 2019 | 20:25 (GMT+7)
Needy troops and people receive gifts
PANO - A mission from the Ministry of National Defense, led by Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem, on December 16 paid homage to fallen soldiers in Quang Tri province and presented gifts to policy beneficiaries in the localities where Military Region 4 is stationed.
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Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem presents gifts to policy beneficiaries, heroic Vietnamese mothers, and heroes of People's Armed Forces. |
At the tomb of General Vo Nguyen Giap in Quang Binh province, the ancient citadel of Quang Tri, the Road 9 National War Cemetery, and the Truong Son National War Cemetery in Quang Tri province, General Le Chiem and his entourage offered incense and laid wreaths to commemorate the General and other fallen soldiers. They expressed deep gratitude to those who devoted their youth and sacrificed their lives for national independence and freedom.
The mission also visited and presented gifts to 60 heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the Armed Forces and policy families in Quang Binh province and in Hai Lang and Vinh Linh districts of Quang Tri province.
The same day, the Vehicles and Machinery Department under the General Department of Technical Services inaugurated and handed over a comradeship house to Captain Le Van Lien and a “VND100 house” to Senior Lieutenant Le Van Duong. Both of them are non-commissioned officers at Depot J106.
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At the ceremony to hand over a house to non-commissioned officer Le Van Duong |
Addressing the ceremony, Senior Colonel Nguyen Huy Tuan, the Department’s Political Commissar, said that the presentation of these houses aims to help ease the recipients’ housing difficulties, so that they could feel at ease to complete all of their assignments. It is also a practical activity in response to the emulation movement “The whole country join hands for the poor - No one is left behind” and the ongoing movement “Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and style.”
On the occasion, the two non-commissioned officers received other necessities from the General Department of Technical Services, the Vehicles and Machinery Department, Depot J106, and their comrades.
Translated by Mai Huong