Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính presents New Year gifts to policy beneficiary families in Cần Thơ City on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo

CẦN THƠ — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính asked local authorities of Cần Thơ City to review the list of families who are sick or live in difficult circumstances in order to offer assistance and ensure that all people can celebrate a joyful, healthy, safe and meaningful Lunar New Year festival, and not to leave anyone without Tết.

The cabinet leader visited the Mekong Delta city on Sunday and presented Tết (Lunar New Year) gifts to 650 policy beneficiary families, poor people, labourers, homeless old people and children living in disadvantaged circumstances.

According to local authorities, by the end of January, the city handed over 73,902 gifts with the value of over VNĐ74 billion to workers and poor families.

Praising Cần Thơ for its socio-economic development and well taking care of local people during the Lunar New Year, PM Chính said the whole political system, including Party committees at all levels and other local authorities, has joined hands to pay attention to Tết care activities, especially in remote areas, borders and islands, for policy beneficiary families, poor households, workers, homeless elderly people, and children in difficult circumstances throughout the country.

Sending New Year wishes to local authorities of Cần Thơ City, he hopes that the Party Committee, Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations and Cần Thơ City's political system will continue to well implement policies and laws of the Party and State, in which economic development is the centre, Party building is the key, and cultural development is the spiritual foundation.

Local authorities have been asked to consider national defence and security as an important and regular task, as well as to perform better in ensuring social security, improving people's material and psychological well-being.

The PM requested the city mobilise response forces to ensure security and safety during the Lunar New Year holiday, while well managing traffic, cracking down on alcohol consumption, gambling and other social evils.

Local authorities have also been told to provide timely medical examination and treatment for people in sickness.

On this occasion, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group awarded VNĐ10 billion to 200 households in Cần Thơ City to replace temporary and dilapidated houses.

The same day, PM Chính visited and handed gifts to the families of pre-uprising soldier Lê Văn Lai (Ba Bường), 105 years old, in Bùi Hữu Nghĩa Ward, and severely-wounded veteran Lâm Thị Mười, 88 years old, in Bình Thủy Ward.

Showing deep gratitude to the veterans, PM Chính affirmed that the Party, State and people always remember the sacrifices and great contributions of those who took part in the revolution for national liberation, construction and protection. — VNS