National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented gifts to children with cancer under treatment at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hanoi on February 5 as Tet (traditional Vietnamese New Year) holiday is approaching.
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Nhan presents gifts to chidren with cancer (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented gifts to children with cancer under treatment at theNational Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hanoi on February 5as Tet (traditional Vietnamese New Year) holiday is approaching.
Ngan gave 100 gift packages to cancer children living indifficult circumstances in the hospital during a charity event, namely “Xuanyeu thuong, Tet cho benh nhan ung thu” (Spring of love, Tet for cancer patients),in the hope of bringing them a warmer Tet.
Speaking at the event, she praised the effectiveness ofthe Supportive Fund for Cancer Patients – Bright Future which has acted as abridge for love and sharing between donors and impoverished patients for thelast six years.
The NA leader also spent time at the bedside of childrenin critical condition, embracing them and telling them to keep faith and fightcancer.
The Supportive Fund for Cancer Patients, found by theMinistry of Health, has teamed up with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper to hold thecharity event since 2013. Since then, the fund has provided over 18 billion VNDin financial support for more than 19,200 poor cancer patients and given freecancer screenings for about 70,000 people.
On the same day, President of the Vietnam FatherlandFront Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presented gifts and extended Tetgreetings to officers and soldiers at Nhon Hung Border Guard Station in theMekong Delta province of An Giang.
He also visited and gave Tet gifts to 100 state policybeneficiary families and poor households in the districts of Tri Ton and TinhBien that share border with Cambodia and are home to a large community ofethnic minority people.
About 70 percent of the districts’ population are from theKhmer ethnic group.-VNA
Tran Ngoc Mai of Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district bought two Tet hampers at a supermarket in district 2 to gift her relatives for Lunar New Year, which falls on February 16 this year.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on February 3 visited and presented gifts to policy beneficiaries, disadvantaged children and poor people in Long An ahead of the 2018 Tet.
Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented 100 gifts to families of social welfare policies, poor households and victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang during her pre-Tet visit to the locality on February 4.
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Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Truong Thi Ngoc Anh on February 2 presented 30 Tet gifts and 30 million VND (1,317 USD) in cash to impoverished households in Tam Nong district and Thanh Thuy district in the northern province of Phu Tho.
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NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Nhan presents gifts to chidren with cancer (Source: VNA) 
