Nearly 10,000 elderly people in Nghe An are good at doing business

(Baonghean.vn) - This is the information given at the Conference to summarize the work of 2017 and deploy the tasks of the Nghe An Association of the Elderly in 2018, held on the morning of December 16.

In the new rural construction program alone, the elderly in the province donated more than 1 million square meters of land, contributed nearly 400,000 working days and supported more than 45 billion VND.

Ms. Tran Thi Thu Huong - Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and Mr. Cao Dang Vinh - Chairman of the Elderly Association awarded awards to outstanding collectives and individuals. Photo: MH

In particular, the province currently has more than 56,000 elderly people participating in social work, nearly 3,700 elderly people owning farms and businesses. In addition, there are nearly 10,000 elderly people doing good business, of which the most are in Quy Chau, Hoang Mai Town and Tuong Duong.

In 2017, the Association of the Elderly at all levels also eliminated temporary houses for 125 households with a sum of nearly 1.3 billion VND. The Association also coordinated with the Department of Health to take care of the health of over 146,000 members. In addition, 191,000 members had their health records established and had regular health check-ups.

From the achieved results, the Conference also pointed out the key tasks in 2018. That is to develop members, build strong grassroots associations, improve the effectiveness of association organizations, and effectively perform the core role in the Movement "All people care for, support and promote the role of the elderly".

Health check-up for the elderly in Hung Nhan commune, Hung Nguyen district. Photo: MH

At the same time, effectively implement activities to care for the poor elderly during Tet, organize activities to wish them a long life and celebrate their longevity on the occasion of Lunar New Year; implement the program "Bright eyes for the elderly" and promote cultural and artistic movements, improve spiritual life to realize "Living happily, living healthily, living happily, living usefully for oneself, family and society".

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee, the Central Association of the Elderly and the Provincial Association of the Elderly awarded 163 collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the movement "Old Age - Bright Example" in 2017.

My Ha