PM gives Tết gifts to needy workers, ethnic people in Đắk Lắk

PM gives Tết gifts to needy workers, ethnic people in Đắk Lắk

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc gives Tết (Lunar New Year) gifts to a worker in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk on February  八. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất

ĐẮK LẮK — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on February  八 visited over  一00 needy workers in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk and presented them with Tết gifts.

The PM hailed the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour and local enterprises for taking care of local labourers, including organising Tết celebrations for poor workers.

He urged the agency to check disadvantaged workers nationwide and Đắk Lắk in particular to offer timely assistance for them, ensuring they will have a happy traditional Lunar New Year (Tết).

The PM also requested the confederation develop social houses for workers and kindergartens for their children.

The same day, Prime Minister Phúc also visited and presented Tết gifts to social policy beneficiaries and ethnic minority households in Kram Village, Ea Tiêu Co妹妹une, Cư Kuin District.

Ea Tiêu is home to over  四, 七00 households in  一 二 ethnic people, mainly living on growing coffee and pepper trees, with the average annual income per capita of VNĐ 三 二 million (US$ 一, 四00).

The co妹妹une has  三0 七 poor households and  五 四 六 other near the poverty line. It has completed  一 三 out of  一 九 criteria of the new-style rural area building progra妹妹e.

The PM requested local authorities ensure all residents will enjoy the traditional festival.

While in Ea Tiêu Co妹妹une, the Government leader also paid pre-Tết visits to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers Nguyễn Thị Thương and Nguyễn Thị Đơm, and local former leaders. — VNS