PM calls for joint efforts to take care of sick soldiers, war invalids, revolution contributors
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday visited sick soldiers and war invalids who are being cared for at the Nho Quan nursing center in Ninh Binh on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day, July 27.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh talked with heroic Vietnamese mothers (Photo: VOV) |
Meeting with the sick soldiers and war invalids in the center, PM Chinh encouraged them to overcome physical and mental pains and stay optimistic and set good examples for young generations to follow.
He said that the Party and State always pay special attention to leading and directing the work of paying gratitude, providing specific, practical, and effective support to wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, relatives of martyrs, and people with meritorious services to the revolution.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh talked with sick soldiers, war invalids (Photo: VOV) |
Recently, on July 21, 2023, the Government issued Decree No. 55 providing allowances and preferential regimes for people with meritorious services to the revolution. Accordingly, the allowances and preferential allowances are increased by 26.5%. At the same time, regulations related to the operation of establishments for nurturing people with meritorious services were amended and supplemented.
PM Chinh called for joint efforts to effectively mobilise social resources to provide better care for people with meritorious services and their families.
On this occasion, PM Chinh presented gifts to Vietnamese heroic mothers, wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, and people with meritorious services in Ninh Binh province.
Between 2012 and 2022, nearly 357.4 trillion VND (nearly 15.1 billion USD) from the State’s budget was spent as monthly allowances, one-time allowances and other preferential regimes such as health insurance, nursing health rehabilitation, rehabilitation equipment, educational incentives, housing support, the fund for repairing graves/cemeteries or martyrs' remains search.
The whole country has mobilized over 13 trillion VND to build over 84,000 new houses or repair more than 69,000 houses for families of people with meritorious services. Nearly 126,000 savings accounts worth over 1 trillion VND were given to social policy beneficial families. Nearly 3,000 Vietnamese heroic mothers have been cared for by organizations and individuals.