Over 43 billion VND donated to 'Tet for the poor - Dinh Dau 2017'

(Baonghean.vn) - On the evening of January 9, in Vinh City, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province organized the program 'Tet for the poor - Dinh Dau 2017'.

Attending the program were members of the Party Central Committee: Truong Minh Tuan - Minister of Information and Communications; Nguyen Dac Vinh - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province.

Also attending were comrades Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Deputy Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committee: Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Nguyen Van Thong, Le Quang Huy; members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of departments, branches, businesses, philanthropists, and a large number of cadres, soldiers and people.

Leaders of the Ministry of Information and Communications and Nghe An province attended the program. Photo: Minh Quan.

Up to now, Nghe An province still has 74,747 poor households, the lives of people, especially those in mountainous areas, remote areas, still face many difficulties; among them, there are many cases of homeless elderly people, sick people, poor people living alone and many children in especially difficult circumstances, in great need of sharing, care and help, especially during the Lunar New Year 2017.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh presents gifts to poor households and policy families in Quynh Luu district. Photo: Thanh Duy.

The program “Tet for the poor Dinh Dau 2017” is organized to arouse the strength of the entire political system, together with the business community and all classes of people to join hands to care for the poor, contributing to helping the poor welcome a warm and happy New Year; thereby encouraging and motivating the poor to overcome difficulties and rise up in life.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong sincerely thanked the noble gestures and generosity of the collectives and individuals who have made positive contributions to the work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction over the past time and contributed to the success of the program "Tet for the poor".

Responding to the appeal letter of the Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh, up to now, 279 groups and individuals have supported the program "Tet for the poor - Dinh Dau 2017" with an amount of more than 43 billion 653 million VND. Typical units are: Tuan Loc Joint Stock Company, Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Muong Thanh Group, Vietnam Development and Investment Bank, Traffic Construction Corporation No. 4...

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong respectfully thanked the noble gestures and generosity of the collectives and individuals who have made positive contributions to the work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction over the past time and contributed to the success of the program "Tet for the poor".

Nghe An provincial leaders thank the sponsors for accompanying the program.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also expressed his belief that the program "Tet for the poor - Dinh Dau 2017" will have a strong influence, continue to receive more attention and support from organizations and individuals inside and outside the province; the poor people will see the sympathy and sharing of all levels, sectors, the business community and all classes of people, thereby rising up to escape poverty, to strive together to build Nghe An homeland to be more and more prosperous and civilized.

Minh Quan