The concrete stilt house of Mr. Bui Van
Manh's family in Bum 2 village, An Nghia commune was handed over and put into
use.
The movement of mobilizing veteran members to
donate and support for the construction of gratitude houses has spread in the
grassroots associations, such as the Veteran Association of some communes: Tan
Lap, Ngoc Son, An Nghia, Chi Thien, etc. From 2017, the veteran members in the
district have contributed nearly 2,000 working days for repairs, re-roofing houses
of 4 members, constructing 94 hygienic toilets, supporting 112 trees of Buong,
bamboo for house construction. They also frequently visit, encourage and help
the veteran families who have especially difficult circumstances on the
holidays, Tet. Particularly, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the War
Invalids and Martyrs Day, 27 July, 2017, the grassroots Associations have given
203 gifts worth 40, 6 million VND for families of policy, the injure and sick
soldiers; donating 9 savings books for 9 veteran households and people with
merit for revolution, worth 1 million per book. On the occasion of 27 July, the
Veteran Association of the District and the grassroots Associations have
visited, encouraged and awarded 25 gifts, each worth 300,000 VND.
Besides the movement of supporting to
construct houses of gratitude, Lac Son Veteran Association always promotes the
spirit of solidarity, helping each other to get rich. In the first 6 months of
this year, the Association has been entrusted with the District Social Welfare
Bank to maintain 104 savings groups with the total debt of 81.4 billion VND. As
a result, 4,254 households were given loans to build economic models that could
provide good income. The whole district currently has 354 households trading goods,
121 small and medium farms, 10 enterprises and 2 cooperatives owned by members.
Among them, some typical enterprises and cooperatives of Duc Hien Co., Ltd (Vu
Ban), Multi-Industry Cooperative (Vu Lam), Bee Keeping Cooperative (My Thanh)
have created jobs for about 20-30 members with the income of 2-4 million VND /
month.
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