Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 16 signed a decision on the establishment of a national fund aiming to improve makeshift and dilapidated houses for poor and near-poor households.

The Party and State pursue a consistent policy of protecting, caring for and educating children, Pre. Tran Dai Quang said, stressing that investing in children is to invest in the nation’s future.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh took over the Chair of the Council of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) from former Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 2