Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs received the Excellent Emulation Flag from the Provincial People's Committee

Afternoon of September 16,Association for supporting families of martyrs of Nghe An provinceorganized the 2nd Standing Committee Conference and evaluated the results after 1 year of implementing the Resolution of the 2nd Congress, term 2019 - 2024. Attending were comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

After 6 years of establishment, the Nghe An Martyrs Support Association has called on organizations, individuals, businesses, and philanthropists to donate nearly 31 billion VND. From this amount, the Association has supported the construction of 374charity house, donated nearly 330 savings books, upgraded and built cemeteries and martyrs' memorial houses, and donated over 5,200 gifts with a total amount of 28 billion VND. In 2020 alone, after 1 year of implementing the Congress Resolution, the Association mobilized 1.6 billion VND, exceeding the set target.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the Flag of the leading unit in the patriotic emulation movement to the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Nghe An province.Photo: Thu Huong

Along with that, coordinate to propagate the Party and State's policies and guidelines on regimes and policies related to people with meritorious services; provide information to search for martyrs, participate in giving opinions to the appraisal council, and review the province's remaining policy subjects. The work of allocation and support must be public, transparent, and targeted.

Speaking at the Conference, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu acknowledged the achievements of the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs over the past years and emphasized: Nghe An still has 20,000 martyrs without news, this is a great loss for the martyrs' families. Therefore, the Provincial Association for Supporting Martyrs needs to continue to unite and diversify forms of support activities; Coordinate with departments and branches to complete records, ensure the rights of relatives of martyrs' families and families with preferential policies. The Association also continues to promote forms of propaganda to educate historical traditions to all classes of people, especially the younger generation, to better understand the contributions and sacrifices of their fathers and brothers for the independence and freedom of the nation.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the contributions that the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs has made efforts over the past years. Photo: Thu Huong

With the achieved results, the Provincial Martyrs Support Association was honored to receive the Emulation Flag from the Provincial People's Committee for being an excellent unit leading the patriotic emulation movement in 2019. On this occasion, 2 collectives and 3 individuals were also awarded Certificates of Merit by the Provincial People's Committee.