The Minister of Health, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, has extended help to the daughter of a martyr who died in a fight with Chinese forces in the Spratly archipelago, so that she could have a job to support her poor family.
Phan Thi Trang, the daughter of matyr Phan Huy Son, from Dien Chau District, Nghe An Province, has been unable to find a job after graduating from a medicine college. Trang has recently sent a letter to the Facebook page of the Minister of Health to call for help.
In her letter, Trang said that she urgently needs a job to support her mother who is suffering from serious kidney problems and her disabled brother.
"My father was a military doctor and died in 1988 during the Gac Ma Island battle with the Chinese forces," Trang wrote. "My mother had struggled to raise my brother who was born with disabilities and me."
Trang said she decided to follow her father's career and managed to get into a local medicine school.
Director of Nghe An Province Department of Health, Bui Dinh Long,(left) and Phan Thi Trang
After seeing Trang's letter, the Minister of Health has asked the provincial authorities to help with Trang's situation as a gesture to share some burden with the matyrs' families in general and to help the special situation of Trang.
Director of Nghe An Province Department of Health, Bui Dinh Long, then helped Trang to get a job at Dien Chau District General Hospital.
Trang said, "I'll work hard to not disappoint the help from everyone. Not only I can continue following my father's steps, I also can take care of my mother and brother."