In District 8, as many as 357 gifts, each worth VND 700,000 (USD 30.4) were handed over to the Cham ethnic people while 100 scholarships, each worth VND 1 million, were granted to the Cham and Khmer ethnic students.
Speaking at the event, the Deputy PM wished that organizations and businesses would generate more jobs and create products for domestic consumption and exports, and the Cham residents would offer mutual support and preserve their traditions.
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Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh presents gifts to the Cham ethnic residents in Ho Chi Minh City. |
While in Can Giuoc district, neighboring Long An province, the same day, Binh and philanthropists presented 1,500 New Year gifts, 30 bicycles, 10 sets of computer, two houses of gratitude valued at VND 1.3 billion to Vietnamese heroic mothers, heroes of armed forces, poor students and residents.
Also in Ho Chi Minh City, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) Bui Van Cuong shared joy with 600 families of workers at an event co-hosted by the VGCL and its municipal chapter.
According to the VGCL, more than 1.6 million workers nationwide received New Year bonuses worth over VND 1.4 trillion, including support in fares for more than 175,000 poor workers.
Trade unions and businesses offered New Year gifts to over 1.3 million workers and granted 498 houses of gratitude.
Secretary Nhan visited and handed over gifts to 50 poor workers, each worth VND 1.3 million and 100 poor households, each worth VND 1 million in Chau Thanh district, the southern province of Tra Vinh on January 27.
Meeting with the provincial authorities, he presented VND 500 million from the municipal Party committee and authorities to Tra Vinh to care for the poor on the occasion of the New Year festival.
The Saigontourist Holding Company also gave VND 500 million to the province for the same purpose.
Nhan also visited and extended New Year wishes to lecturers and students of Nguyen Thien Thanh high school for gifted students and attended the inauguration of a hospital under Tra Vinh University.
Source: VNA