Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a delegation of State officials to pay a visit and offered Tet greetings to families under preferential treatment policy in Tuy Hoa City in the south-central coastal province of Phu Yen on January 7.
On December 26, the Navy Region 2 High Command held a send-off ceremony at the Battalion 171 port for two delegations of cadres and soldiers, reporters of press agencies who took a trip to offer Tet gifts to troops stationed on DK1 platforms.
A delegation of representatives of businesses and press agencies of Southern provinces and cities paid a visit and offered Tet gifts to cadres and soldiers of the Military Region 5 High Command on the southwestern islands on December 19.
A delegation of officers and soldiers of Naval Region 2 and 5 along with representatives of a Ho Chi Minh City delegation who have just finished their journey to the islands and the DK1/10 Platform in the southwest islands visited the historical sites in Ho Chi Minh City this morning.
Deputy Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Hieu led a delegation of HCMC to visit and give gifts to officials, soldiers and islanders on Hon Doc Island, Ha Tien City of Kien Giang Province this morning within the visit framework to the islands and DK1 Platform in the southwestern waters of Vietnam.
On January 8, two naval ships of the Command of Naval Region 2 carrying a mission of Naval Region 2 and 12 reporters of press agencies paid a visit and presented Tet gifts to troops stationed on DK1 platform, the Radar Station 590, vessels on guard, the armed force and the People-Politic-Party Bloc of Con Dao Island District, off the coast of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
Ho Chi Minh City asked cadres, civil servants, employees and residents to turn off the lights and light candles in memory of Covid-19 victims who have died from the disease which will be encouraged to implement at public areas, walking streets, parks, residential areas, apartments and building offices in the city.
A ceremony horning soldiers in frontline of anti-Covid-19 fight coming from the tank brigade 26 under the Military Region 7 and the Military Medical University of the Ministry of Defense was held by the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention Control of District 1 on October 13 with the participation of Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai.
On the first day of implementing tighter social distancing order in Ho Chi Minh City, the reporters of Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper captured a series of photos and videos featuring military officers, soldiers who are performing their assigned tasks with concentrated responsibilities spirit, contributing to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in the city.
At the midnight of August 22, Thu Duc City held a launching ceremony to receive 932 military officers and soldiers, assign tasks of Covid-19 fight for them in the locality during the tighter social distancing.
When Tet is coming, the naval forces of the Vietnam People's Navy often carry out annual visits and offer Tet gifts to officers and soldiers on duty at offshore platforms.
Vietnam will send seven teams to participate in six competition categories at the International Army Games 2020 in Russia in the mid- August at the invitation of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
As Tet approaches, while Vietnamese people throughout the country return home for family reunions, officers and soldiers at the DK1 Platform have been on duty during this traditional Lunar New Year.
Members of households that are in receipt of social welfare and soldiers in Phu Quy island in the central province of Binh Thuan received free medical examination when Medicine University Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City organized a charity check-up to take care soldiers and social welfare beneficiaries’ health.
The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Science and Technology visited and gifted the Infantry Company 568 (located in Bu Gia Map District of Binh Phuoc Province) a water filter system worth VND65 million (approx. $2,788) for household.
The General Association of Vietnamese-Cambodian People in Phnom Penh on April 12 raised nearly $1,800 to support soldiers and local residents in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.