Remember and always be grateful to those who have contributed
Over the past 20 years, with 15 adjustments, the preferential allowance for people with meritorious services to the revolution has always been paid attention and adjusted to be higher than the base salary of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and the armed forces.
The budget for implementing subsidies and preferential allowances for people with meritorious services to the revolution in 2024 is 35,629 billion VND, an increase of more than 5,300 billion VND.
Gratitude activities for people with meritorious services are carried out regularly and throughout, creating many deep impressions and attracting the attention of Party and State leaders. This is even more evident in July every year.
On the occasion of the 77th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2024), Politburo member, President To Lam and the Central Working Group visited and presented gifts to wounded and sick soldiers in China. Thuan Thanh War Invalids Nursing Center on July 24.
The President expressed his deepest gratitude to the previous generation of his father, soldiers, compatriots, families of martyrs, wounded and sick soldiers and people with meritorious services nationwide who have contributed and sacrificed. Born for the country to "bloom with independence", for the spring of prosperity and happiness for the people, for the country's fortune and position to never be like it is today.
Here, the President requested the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to continue to be proactive and advise on improving legal policies to better deal with regimes and policies for war invalids, martyrs, Demonstrates the superior nature of the socialist regime.
Careful care to ease the pain of those with meritorious service
Recently, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a conference to pay tribute to people who contributed to the revolution in 2024... According to the Prime Minister, July 27 every year has become a sacred day of celebration. , imbued with the noble humanity of the Vietnamese people, is an opportunity for the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army to express their remembrance, honor and gratitude for the great contributions of heroes and martyrs. , wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, families of martyrs and people with meritorious services to the revolution.
We are grateful to nearly 1.2 million outstanding children who bravely volunteered to go to war, fought heroically and sacrificed themselves, many of whom were only eighteen or twenty years old, leaving behind many people. Unfinished dreams and ambitions, pages of books, lecture halls, families, and relatives behind the scenes to carry out missions, for the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland, for peace and happiness. of the people.
"The blood and sacrifice of the heroic martyrs have adorned the glorious revolutionary flag so that our country can bloom with independence, bear the fruits of freedom, and the people can be prosperous and happy" - Prime Minister emphasize.
The Prime Minister proposed to increase the attraction of social resources, well implement the "Gratitude" movements such as: Building "Gratitude House", "Gratitude Fund", giving "Savings books". gratitude", taking care of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; contribute to compensating for the disadvantages of people with meritorious services and families who have contributed to the revolution.
Activating the gene bank will help verify information about about 300,000 martyrs
The war has receded, the country has become independent and unified, but there is still so much pain, nearly 200,000 martyrs still lie on the old battlefields, nearly 300,000 martyrs have not been identified. The launch of the gene bank (DNA) of unidentified martyrs and their relatives on July 23 is a very meaningful work in the journey of finding and returning the names of fallen heroes.
In 2024, the whole country will have over 1.3 million people with meritorious services eligible to receive gifts on July 27.
In the past 10 years (2013-2023), the whole country has mobilized nearly 7,900 billion VND to support households of people with meritorious services; built 67,700 new houses and repaired nearly 45,900 charity houses with a total support cost of over 12,700 billion VND; Donating more than 110,000 savings books to policy families with over 403 billion VND and supporting some especially difficult cases, 2,412 living Vietnamese heroic mothers were cared for and cared for for life by organizations.
