Cultural beauty "Repaying gratitude"

In recent times, the work of caring for people with meritorious services and their families has been carried out by Party committees and authorities at all levels in the province with many effective and practical activities. Thereby, demonstrating the morality of "When drinking water, remember its source", partly repaying the great contributions of people with meritorious services and their families in the cause of national liberation.

7,09301622.jpg — Health care for people with meritorious services at the Nursing Center, care for people with meritorious services in Hung Yen province.

During the resistance wars, tens of thousands of outstanding children of Hung Yen went to fight and serve in the war. At the end of the war, the whole province had over 75,000 martyrs and tens of thousands of wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, and resistance fighters infected with toxic chemicals. Mr. Pham Dinh Tung, Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs, said: Promoting the morality of "When drinking water, remember its source", in recent years, the Party Committee, government and people in the province have wholeheartedly cared for the material and spiritual lives of wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, families of martyrs and people with meritorious services to the revolution. With affection, responsibility and gratitude for the contributions of previous generations, Hung Yen province regularly carries out the movement of "Repaying gratitude" with many rich and meaningful activities such as launching the movement to care for and support Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; caring for relatives of martyrs. Along with that, the province mobilizes resources to build new and repair houses for families of people with meritorious services; searching for and collecting martyrs' remains; Renovate, upgrade, and take care of works honoring martyrs; organize visits, encourage, and give gifts to people with meritorious services and martyrs' families on holidays and Tet...

Mr. Bui Van Quyet, Deputy Head of the Department of Meritorious People, Department of Home Affairs shared: Currently, the Department is implementing regular preferential subsidies for over 75,000 people and relatives of people with meritorious services to the revolution. On every occasion of Lunar New Year and the anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day, the province organizes visits and presents gifts from the President, the province, agencies and organizations to people with meritorious services and their relatives. Coordinate with sectors to socialize care for people with meritorious services and their families; visit, present gifts, present savings books of gratitude, support for housing improvement. The Department of Home Affairs has implemented nursing care; support for assistive devices and orthopedic devices; preferential education and training; and martyr worship for tens of thousands of people with meritorious services and their relatives.

To pay tribute to heroic martyrs, every year, the province establishes a delegation to offer incense and pay tribute to martyrs at martyr cemeteries in the provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Dien Bien and Tuyen Quang...; provincial leaders, commune and ward leaders have visited, presented gifts and encouraged a number of policy families in the province; organized requiem ceremonies and lit candles in gratitude at martyr cemeteries and martyr memorial works on July 27. At the same time, select outstanding people to attend the conference to meet outstanding people nationwide. The province has paid attention to and restored martyr memorial works. Currently, the whole province has 332 martyr memorial works. The basic works are built with durable hard materials, becoming more and more spacious and clean, becoming spiritual and cultural works, expressing the feelings and gratitude of today's generation to the heroic martyrs who sacrificed for the Fatherland.

According to Ms. Dang Ngoc Hanh, Head of the Department of People with Merits, Department of Home Affairs: One of the meaningful tasks is to build new and repair gratitude houses for families of people with meritorious services to the revolution and relatives of martyrs. At the end of 2024, responding to the call to join hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide launched by the Prime Minister, Hung Yen province has joined in with great political determination to bring a better life to families of people with meritorious services to the revolution and relatives of martyrs. With great efforts and determination, Hung Yen province has soon completed the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses for people with meritorious services to the revolution and relatives of martyrs with a total of 1,529 newly built and repaired houses. Sharing the joy of settling down in a new house, Mr. Nguyen Manh Dang, Tien Hai commune said: I am receiving allowances for resistance fighters infected with toxic chemicals. Due to poor health, I have not been able to do heavy work for many years, and my economic situation is difficult. The house was built a long time ago and is in serious disrepair. I am very happy and excited because the province has supported me with funds to have a new, solid and safe place to live. The new place has an area of over ^50m2 with a solid foundation, hard walls and a hard roof, helping my family live in peace.

It can be said that the implementation of preferential policies for people with meritorious services and their families has achieved good results. People with meritorious services are increasingly better cared for in terms of material and spiritual aspects, and their lives have been significantly improved. "Repaying gratitude" has become a beautiful feature in cultural life, contributing significantly to consolidating and strengthening the great national unity bloc, enhancing patriotism, social responsibility, arousing and fostering the humanitarian values of each person here with the dedication and sacrifice of people with meritorious services to the revolution.