Nghe An thanks benefactors and supports the program 'Tet for the poor - Canh Ty 2020'

On the afternoon of January 3, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to thank social security benefactors in 2019 and register to support the program "Tet for the Poor - Canh Ty 2020".

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province;Cao Thi Hien - Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Phan Duc Dong - Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee; also attending were comradesBui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee;Representatives of provincial departments, branches, sectors and units; representatives of businesses, investors and philanthropists.

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that in 2019, the whole province mobilized support for the Fund for the Poor and supported housing improvement for poor households and families with meritorious services to the revolution with a total amount of over 90 billion VND, built and repaired over 1,000 Great Solidarity houses, supported tens of thousands of poor and near-poor households in terms of livelihood, medical treatment, education, contributing to reducing the poverty rate from 5.54% to 4%.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also informed that in the 2019 Lunar New Year, the whole province mobilized 73.7 billion VND to support Tet for the poor, giving gifts to 101,796 households, including 51,949 poor households (reaching 100%) and 49,847 near-poor households, policy families, and social protection beneficiaries; each gift was worth an average of 500,000 VND.

This year, responding to the movement "Joining hands for the poor - Leaving no one behind" launched by the Prime Minister, the appeal letter for the poor of the Provincial Party Secretary; The Provincial People's Committee has a plan to organize the program "Tet for the poor Canh Ty 2020" which will be broadcast live on NTV at 8:00 p.m. on January 4, 2020.

Provincial leaders awarded Certificates of Merit to 20 units with many contributions to the Program "Tet for the Poor" in the year of the Pig 2019.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Thai Thanh Quy shared the difficulties of businesses and entrepreneurs in 2019. At the same time, he called on businesses and entrepreneurs to promote the nation's fine traditions and ethics of "Love others as you love yourself", to support and share with the poor, join hands and contribute with the government to help more than 40,000 poor households and families in difficult circumstances have the conditions to enjoy Spring and celebrate the nation's traditional New Year more happily and warmly.

At the meeting with businesses, philanthropists registered to support the program "Tet for the poor - Canh Ty 2020" with an amount of more than 3.2 billion VND.

Leaders of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to units actively participating in supporting Tet for the Poor in 2019.

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 20 units; the Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 20 units with many contributions to the Program "Tet for the Poor" in the year of Ky Hoi 2019.