The people live at two nursing centres for revolutionary contributors in the central city of Danang.
Minister Do Ngoc Dung (middle) visits people who made contributions to the country’s national liberation struggle in Danang on July 21.
At the meeting on Tuesday, the minister asked the revolutionary contributors about their health and living conditions. He added that part of the government’s VND62 trillion (USD2.6 billion) financial support package for Covid-19-affected people and businesses has been used for those who had contributed to the country’s national liberation struggle.
Nguyen Thi Van Toan, a veteran from Quang Tri Province, said that she herself had received VND4.5 million (USD195.65) from the package. Her husband who suffers from the effects of Agent Orange received the same sum.
Dung noted the widows of war dead who remarried also benefited from the package.
The minister offered gifts for the centres
The minister donated trees to the centres
According to the minister, Vietnam now has 9.3 million war veterans, accounting for 10% of the country’s total population.
In August, the National Standing Committee will discuss the revision of the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for Revolutionary Activists to expand more preferential policies for them as well as their relatives.
Dung urged localities to repair the graves of around 200,000 unknown soldiers. He revealed that 200,000 human remains have not yet been found.
The official emphasised that caring for the lives of veteran revolutionaries was always the top priority of the Vietnamese government.
He called on staff at the centres to take care of revolutionary contributors as if they were their parents.
