Provincial Party Secretary calls for support to help the poor celebrate Tet

(Baonghean) - Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee has just sent a letter calling for support and help for the poor to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2017:

Dear:Party committees, authorities, mass organizations; businesses, entrepreneurs, cadres and party members.

In recent years, Nghe An province has paid special attention to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, considering it one of the most important tasks. With the attention of Party committees, authorities, agencies and units, especially the response and support of businesses and philanthropists, the poverty rate has decreased sharply, from 12.1% in 2015 to 9.5% in 2016.

However, the province still has 74,747 poor households, many of whom are unfortunate and in dire need of help from society. The support from agencies, units, business communities and philanthropists in recent times has demonstrated the nation's spirit of mutual love and support.

As the Year of the Rooster is coming, we hope that the poor will enjoy the joy of Tet like everyone else. We hope and call for support and assistance from agencies, businesses and philanthropists to help the poor enjoy the spring, celebrate Tet, and overcome difficulties in life.

Agencies, units, organizations, individuals, business communities and philanthropists who have the means are kindly requested to directly support poor households or through the Fatherland Front at all levels. The Provincial Fatherland Front will coordinate with the Provincial Radio and Television Station to organize a live television program “Tet for the Poor” to receive all support and assistance for the poor in the whole province. Agencies and units receiving assistance to poor communes shall proactively visit, share and give gifts to the poor before December 10, 2016 (lunar calendar) and implement the plan to support poor communes from the beginning of the year.

We sincerely thank and look forward to receiving positive responses from agencies, units, the business community, philanthropists, comrades and compatriots.

Vinh City, December 20, 2016

Provincial Party Secretary:

NGUYEN DAC VINH

(signed)