President Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the statement on November 15 while attending the National Great Unity Festival 2021 in Ba commune, Dong Giang district, the central province of Quang Nam on the occasion of the 91st founding anniversary of the National United Front of Vietnam.
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien also joined the festival.
Talking with local people, President Phuc expressed his delight that Ba commune is the first in Dong Giang district to meet all the new-style rural area building criteria, with the poverty rate among local households declining to below 5%. Education and health have received necessary attention with 100% of children going to school. Local policy beneficiaries and households living in difficult circumstances also received care.
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President Phuc visits and presents a gift to 95-year-old Village Elder Y Kong.
The State leader also took the occasion to thank ethnic groups in the province for their contributions to the nation’s revolutionary cause.
He also asked the commune’s Party Committee and authorities to continue uniting and implementing social welfare, striving to reduce the poverty rate, and promoting the cultural identities of both Kinh and Co Tu ethnic groups.
During this occasion, on behalf of the VFF and donors, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented over VND7.3 billion (over USD $322,000) to Dong Giang and Tay Giang districts to build 100 social houses for households in need.
The President also paid a visit and presented gifts to several policy beneficiaries and households in need, as well as Heroic Mother Tran Thi Gioi in Ban Mai village of Ba commune; 95-year-old Village Elder Y Kong, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hien district, old Quang Nam - Da Nang province.
