December 22, 2018 | 22:29 (GMT+7)
VND 362 billion spent on Tet gifts to revolution contributors
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to empower the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to submit its proposal on Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to revolution contributors to the State President.
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed presenting cash gifts worth of VND 400,000 and VND 200,000 to those who rendered services to the nation’s revolution.
The gifts are estimated to be worth over VND 362 billion (USD 15.5 million).
According to the Ministry, as of the end of 2017, 9 million people were recognized as revolutionary contributors, including 1.2 million fallen soldiers, 127,000 heroic mothers and 800,000 wounded and sick soldiers.
Source: VNA