Handing over interior equipment essential for families who have contributed to the nation, construction of charity houses for gratitude, covering health insurance socially privileged families, etc. have been the practical work that Binh Duong Province acted out to express gratitude to the socially privileged people and families in recent years.The meaningful actions One of the most significant work is the construction and repair of charity houses, providing accommodation for families of nation contribution. By mobilizing funds from organizations and individuals, over time, Binh Duong Province has built 66 houses worth nearly VND 6.35 billion and to repair 207 other houses costing nearly VND 6.2 billion; The Fatherland Front Committee and the province have allocated over VND 2 billion to Gratitude Fund so as to donate furniture such as cabinets, tables, chairs, beds, etc. to 96 families of Vietnamese heroic mothers, war invalids and socially privileged families in poverty. These actions were humble but of great meaning. All the beneficiary families enjoyed the great happiness.

Trade Union of Binh Duong Water Supply, Sewerage and Environment
(BIWASE) hands over a charity house to Mr. Nguyen Van Trung residing at
Hoa Loi Hamlet, Ben Cat District on June 14, 2013. Photo by Ngoc Thao For the the Party cell, authority, and the people of the province, the actions were considered as tribute of today's generation to their predecessors, by extending material value and interest to share a deep appreciation of today's generation sacrificing life for the cause of independence and national liberation as well as the protection and building of the nation. Visiting 3 houses donated to the socially privileged families in Ben Cat District was to know of all the concerns of the Party, authority, and local people.Thanks to the donation, Bui Thi Thu (a heroic mother in Long Nguyen commune) and Nguyen Thi Te (in An Dien, wife to martyr), and Nguyen Van Trung (a 3/4 injured veteran) have been offered charity houses for years. Houses like those are very spacious thanks to contributions to funding by VND 60 million an apartment while the families also contributed to make the houses more spacious and airy.Talking to us, the heroic mothers as well as Mr. Trung thanked the Party and State for having helped them to settle down in a life of peace and stability. Ben Cat District, based on local budget and supports of enterprises the the families, not only donated 2 charity houses from 2012 up to date but also constructed 30 other charity houses to show tribute to socially privileged families.Life is more stable for socially privileged familiesDetermining that the improvement of material and spiritual life is an important task, Binh Duong Province has allocated targets and guidance to districts to organize nursing for over 1,900 elderly at the cost of over VND 2 billion; one-time allowances of nearly VND 5.7 billion; education grants of over VND 2.7 billion. In particular, on Lunar New Year's Day celebration and Day of War Invalids and Martyrs, Binh Duong Province has organized gift visits to more than a hundred thousand people while offering them trips to Hanoi, Con Dao, and Phu Quoc worth tens of billions of dong. "Currently, the offering system for people of contribution to the nation has been increasingly refined to adjust regular allowances to more people. In addition to the preferential policies prescribed by the State, the province is also paying much attention to the material, spiritual and health care for them. Every year, Binh Duong extracts from the budget to pay gift visits to them on special occasions," said a specialist of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.Reported by Ngoc Thao – Translated by Vi Bao