The President will give gifts to people with meritorious services on the occasion of Tet At Ty 2025

According to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, President Luong Cuong has decided to give gifts to people with revolutionary contributions on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025.

It is expected that over 1.66 million meritorious people will receive gifts during Tet with a budget of over 506 billion VND allocated in the 2025 state budget plan. The Ministry will issue a document to further guide the People's Committees of provinces and cities on giving gifts from the President.

The President's decision states that gifts of 600,000 VND are given to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers who are receiving allowances, revolutionary activists before January 1, 1945, revolutionary activists from January 1, 1945 to the August 1945 uprising, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, and Heroes of Labor during the resistance war who are receiving monthly preferential allowances.

War invalids, people enjoying policies like war invalids, category B war invalids, sick soldiers with physical injuries of 81% or more, resistance fighters exposed to toxic chemicals with physical injuries of 81% or more, people with meritorious services to the revolution, and relatives of martyrs who are receiving benefits also receive a gift of 600,000 VND.

The gift of 300,000 VND is given to war invalids, people who enjoy policies like war invalids, war invalids of type B, sick soldiers with physical injuries of 80% or less who are receiving monthly allowances, war invalids receiving labor loss benefits; resistance fighters infected with toxic chemicals with physical injuries of 80% or less, people who worship martyrs (when the martyrs have no relatives)...

Launching a fundraising campaign to support cancer patients

At the art exchange night to raise funds to support poor cancer patients organized by the Cancer Patient Support Fund - Bright Tomorrow (Ministry of Health) on the evening of December 1, the Fund called on the community to join hands to support cancer patients through the campaign "Millions of love sent to cancer patients" in 2024.

This is an annual program implemented by the fund in collaboration with the Multimedia Communications Corporation (VTC) and the National Humanitarian Information Portal (1400) since 2013. This year, the program will receive donations via scanning VietQR codes on banking applications. Donation information will be listed on the program's website.

Over the past 13 years, the Bright Tomorrow Fund has mobilized and organized gift giving for more than 35,200 poor cancer patients with a total gift value of more than 65 billion VND; has been supporting cancer treatment drugs for more than 6,000 patients worth nearly 2,000 billion VND; provided disease screening for more than 80,000 people worth 46 billion VND...

Ho Chi Minh City is about to complete the expansion of the Southwest gateway road.

Tan Ky Tan Quy Street, 2km long, passing through Binh Hung Hoa cemetery, has been widened three times from 10m to 30m. After two years of construction, nearly 85% of the work has been completed.

This expanded road is expected to be completed in December 2024, helping to reduce congestion in the southwestern gateway area of ​​Ho Chi Minh City, conveniently connecting Hoc Mon district, Binh Tan, Tan Phu, Tan Binh districts with Tan Son Nhat airport and the inner city.

Thousands of children in Hanoi take vitamin A supplements for the second time

On December 1, Hanoi organized the second round of the vitamin A supplement campaign. The campaign took place on December 1 and 2, and ended on December 3 and 4.

According to statistics, the whole city has 380,944 children from 6 to 35 months old receiving vitamin A supplements at 1,612 drinking points. The target is for 99.8% of children to receive vitamin A supplements.

According to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC), vitamin A is an important micronutrient for children's health, especially children from 6 to 36 months old. A lack of vitamin A will cause children to grow slowly and become susceptible to infections. Severe vitamin A deficiency causes dry eyes, which if not treated promptly will lead to permanent blindness.

Therefore, the Ministry of Health still implements a plan to supplement vitamin A for children twice a year. Previously, in June 2024, Hanoi successfully organized the first phase of the micronutrient day campaign with nearly 382,000 children aged 6 to 35 months receiving vitamin A supplements and weighing, measuring, and assessing their nutritional status.

According to experts, there are three main causes of vitamin A deficiency: a diet lacking in vitamin A; infectious and parasitic diseases; and malnutrition.

Children's Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City signs cooperation agreement with hospital in the UK

Information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that Children's Hospital 1 (Ho Chi Minh City) has signed a cooperation agreement with Alder Hey Hospital, UK.

This is the result of a series of international cooperation activities between the Ho Chi Minh City health sector and UK partners in recent times.

This memorandum of understanding marks an important step forward in the cooperation relationship, focusing on key areas for in-depth development in the field of pediatrics, including professional training exchanges; developing advanced and specialized pediatric techniques; promoting the application of modern technologies in diagnosis and treatment.

In addition, the two hospitals also cooperate in hospital management, share experiences and improve hospital management efficiency; scientific research and innovation in healthcare, strengthen cooperation in research and application of advanced medical solutions.

Following this online signing, in the first quarter of 2025, a team of experts from Alder Hey Hospital will visit Children's Hospital 1, moving towards expanding cooperation with other pediatric hospitals in the area.