She also granted another 200 gifts to children with disabilities and their peers in extreme difficulties in the province.
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Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presents gifts to needy people in Tien Giang. |
On this occasion, the top legislator attended a program in support of the poor, needy children and AO victims jointly held by the Vietnam Red Cross Society, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the National Fund for Vietnamese Children.
At a working session with local leaders, NA Chairwoman Ngan asked them to pay attention to social policy beneficiaries, the poor, children in special difficulties and AO victims, along with socio-economic development, and national defence and security.
She also lauded achievements the province recorded in 2017, with gross regional domestic product (GRDP) expanding by 9 percent, budget collection at over VND 7.3 trillion (USD 321.2 million), up 4.9 percent against the set yearly target and 10.7 percent year-on-year, and export turnover at USD 2.5 billion.
In 2018, the province’s GRDP is expected to grow by 9-9.5 percent while its per capita income is projected at up to VND 48.2 million (USD 2,121) annually and export revenue at USD 2.65 billion. The number of poor households is hoped to reduce by 3.69 percent.
NA Chairwoman Ngan on February 3 paid a pre-Tet visit to the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, where she presented more than 3,500 gifts worth some VND 2.5 billion (USD 110,000) to families of social welfare policies, needy children, poor households and AO victims.
She also attended a ceremony to hand over 140 houses, six education facilities and medical equipment funded by Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) to Ben Tre.
Earlier, the top legislator and her entourage visited families of martyrs and war invalids in Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province.
On February 4, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh visited workers in the Mekong Delta province of Long An ahead of the Lunar New Year, praising their contribution to national socio-economic development.
The same day, head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilization Truong Thi Mai and representatives of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor presented Tet gifts to workers of the metro route No.1 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Source: VNA