January 08, 2019 | 22:21 (GMT+7)
Hanoi: Nearly VND 400 bln for Tet gifts to policy beneficiaries
Hanoi will spend VND 378.9 billion (over USD 16 million) on gifts to 871,790 people on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year 2019, according to the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Accordingly, policy beneficiaries and impoverished households, the elderly, outstanding individuals, and poor workers will receive gifts worth from VND 300,000 (nearly USD 13) to VND 2,500,000 each.
Additionally, the city will present Tet gifts to 95 organizations which are caring for those who rendered services to the nation revolution, and outstanding business units of wounded and sick soldiers and disabled people in the city, as well as social protection centers.
Financial support will also be given to those who work during the holiday.
The municipal People’s Committee also assigned the People’s Committees of districts and towns, and heads of relevant agencies to call for donations and assistance from organizations and individuals, thus bringing warm Tet to policy beneficiaries and poor people on the occasion of the longest and biggest annual festival in Vietnam.
Source: VNA