Yen Bai city presents Tet gifts to dioxin victims
- Thursday, February 4, 2021
YBO - According to Yen Bai city’s Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin, there are 355 AO victims receiving regular welfare benefit in the city, of whom 212 directly fought in the resistance war against the US, and 143 are children of people exposed to toxic chemicals during the war.
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Acting Chairperson of Yen Bai city’s People’s Committee Nguyen Ngoc Truc presents Tet gifts to policy beneficiaries.
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The countdown is on toward major milestones: the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee, the 20th Provincial Party Congress, and the 80th anniversary of National Day on September 2. On every construction site in Yen Bai, the atmosphere remains vibrant. This is not just a race against time, but a vivid testament to the province’s will for innovation, determined action, and aspiration for progress demonstrated by the entire political system and the people of Yen Bai.

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