January 26, 2019 | 22:26 (GMT+7)
Hanoi mayor pays Tet visits to disadvantaged people
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung presented 100 gift packages to Catholic people with disadvantaged backgrounds during his Tet (Lunar New Year) visits to Thai Ha and Cua Bac parishes on January 25.
He extended his Tet greetings and wishes of good health, happiness, and prosperity to the priests and Catholic followers in these parishes.
He said Hanoi allocated over VND 400 billion and mobilized more from other resources to purchase Tet gifts for over 850,000 poor households, social policy beneficiaries, and revolution contributors.
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Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung gifts Cua Bac parish. |
Later on the day, he visited social policy beneficiaries and war veterans in Ba Dinh district.
He expressed his deep thanks to war invalids and veterans for their great sacrifices and contributions to the nation building and defense and wished them a new year of good health, happiness and wealth.
Source: VNA