PANO – Military Zone 9 (MZ9) handed over a comradeship house to Veteran Thai Van Thien in Thuong Phuoc 1 commune, Hong Ngu district, Dong Thap province, on December 9th.

At the handover ceremony.

The house was built on an area of 50sq.m at a cost of VND 80 million, including VND 50 million from the zone and the rest donated by the family.

The construction and handover of the house was part of the activities in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of MZ9.

On this occasion, the zone’s troops also donated a total of VND 1.5 billion to Giong Bang hamlet (Thuong Phuoc 1 commune) to build its head office and a kindergarten, provided free health check-ups and medicines for 400 needy households and presented 120 gifts, worth VND 500,000 each, to the locals.

Translated by Duong Thanh