According to Tran Thi Xuan Mai, Director of the provincial Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, there are nearly 40,000 policy households and national contributors in the city.

Over the past time, the city has ensured the implementation of policies for the national contributors as regulated by the Party, State and city. Many gratitude activities have been held to share difficulties and promote their material and spiritual life.

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General Can speaks at the event.

Addressing the meeting, General Can noted that over the past years, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense actively made recommendations to the Party and State to implement many policies for military and the homefront, especially policies for national contributors.

In addition, amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole military rushed to pandemic hotbeds, donated to the pandemic prevention and control fund raised by the government, supported localities with money, food, medical supplies worth totally over VND 1,000 billion.

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General Can inquires after national contributors from Can Tho city.

In 2022, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Wounded and Fallen Soldiers’ Day (July 27, 1947 - 2022), the whole military has launched an emulation movement to pay tribute to national contributors and policy beneficiaries, such as building gratitude houses, offering savings books, among others, contributing to both taking care of national contributors, and educating young generation about the “When drinking water, remember its source” tradition.

Translated by Minh Anh