On 27 October, the Veterans Association of the Vietnam News Agency, together with the Hai Phong, Nghe An and Hai Duong fellow-countrymen associations in Taiwan (China) and the Hung Binh Construction Investment Joint Stock Company, visited and presented gifts to the Association of the Blind and some poor blind families in especially difficult circumstances in Trieu Phong district, which had been badly damaged by the recent storms No. 10 and 11.
Representatives of the organising committee visited and presented a gift worth VND 5 million to the family of Luong Duc Tue in Trieu Do commune, Trieu Phong district, and a gift worth VND 4 million to the family of Vo Thi Kha in Trieu Lang commune, Trieu Phong district. These are two poor blind families in especially difficult circumstances whose houses collapsed or lost their roofs completely after storms No. 10 and 11.
The remaining VND 40 million was given to the Trieu Phong district Association of the Blind to repair and re-roof the damaged corrugated iron roofing, and to help buy materials for members to resume production.
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