PANO - In recent years, the Vietnam Veterans Association has promoted gratitude and charity activities, helping members build more solid houses, reduce poverty, and improve living standards, contributing to the socio-economic development of localities.

A veteran receiving gratitude house in Ninh Binh. Photo: baoninhbinh.org.vn

Accordingly, the association’s branches nationwide have replaced more than 9,100 dilapidated and temporary houses with new ones, helping nearly 28,000 poor households get out of poverty, creating stable jobs for more than 12,400 veterans and veterans’ children and grandchildren, etc.

In 2015, the association sets the targets to reduce 2% of all veteran poor households, 4% of veteran poor households in poor districts under Resolution 30a of the Government, and replace 50% of the dilapidated and temporary houses.

Translated by Huu Duong