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Residents at Binh Duong Centre for Social Protection receive Tet gifts
  • | dtinews.vn | January 20, 2021 11:13 AM
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngọc Dung visited and gave presents to people at the Binh Duong Centre for Social Protection on January 19.

   

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngọc Dung visits and gives presents to people at the Binh Duong Centre for Social Protection on January 19.


Ha Minh Trung, deputy head of the centre said, "There are 256 people at our centre including 62 disadvantaged children, 67 lonely old people and 110 homeless people. We also have plans to celebrate Tet at our centre and encourage families to bring their family members home for Tet."

He went on to say that they were preparing more space to receive more homeless people for Tet and the first full moon festival. VND72.2m (USD3,100) have been used to prepare clothes and footwear for their residents and VND12m will be used on food for lunar new year’s eve. According to Resolution 62 issued on January 21, support of VND500,000 per person will be given to the residents. A VND163,500,000 fund will be used for food for the first to the fourth day of lunar January.

  

The minister visits 62 children with disadvantaged backgrounds at the centre


Minister Dao Ngoc Dung visited and offered his best wishes to all of the residents at the centre. On the behalf of the delegation, he transferred VND50m in donations to the centre.

"Social security work, care for the poor and those who contributed to the revolution are always an important task. The leaders of the country always visit and offer new year greetings and gifts to policy beneficiaries and the poor based on the idea that Tet is for everyone," he said.

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