January 28, 2019 | 19:09 (GMT+7)
Rice supply for poor households in Ninh Thuan ahead of New Year
More than 797 tons of rice from the national reserves have been granted to poor households in the central province of Ninh Thuan from January 24-26 ahead of the (Tet) Lunar New Year holiday.
Dang Thi Phan, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said more than 13,200 households in Thuan Bac, Thuan Nam, Bac Ai, Ninh Hai, Ninh Son and Ninh Phuoc districts received the rice.
An official from the Bac Ai district People’s Committee said due to climate change, poor households and ethnic minorities met difficulties in farming. Nearly 3,000 local households received more than 205,000kg of rice from the Government.
Earlier, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also decided to provide rice as food aid for people in northern and central provinces ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.
The PM asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to allocate more than 3,700 tons of rice from the national reserves for poor households in the provinces of Ha Giang (359 tons), Yen Bai (380 tons) and Cao Bang (603 tons), the central provinces of Phu Yen (399 tons), Binh Dinh (1,000 tons) and Quang Binh (1,000 tons).
Source: VNA