(HBO) - The Military Command of Luong Son district in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh organized a ceremony on July 21 to hand over a house of gratitude to the family of the 77 year-old Hoang Thi Ron in Dam Da II hamlet, Hop Hoa commune, Luong Son district.

Hoang Thi Ron is wife of martyr Hoang Van Vay, who sacrificed in the southern battlefield in 1969. Her family has a difficult circumstance and she has had to live with her nephew for years. Having acknowledged her innermost feelings, the district’s Military Command mobilized officers and soldiers to contribute money to build the house for her.

 

Leaders of the provincial and district Military Commands and the Luong Son district People’s Committee and the family’s members cut the ribbon to inaugurate the house of gratitude.

The house was built on an area of 54 square metresat a cost of 160 million VND. Of the sum, officers and soldiers the Military Command of Luong Son district contributed 70 million VND and the rest was raised by her family and relatives. Local residents in Dam Da II hamlet helped her family with 30 workdays.

This is a significant present, showing the tradition of "When drinking water, think of its source” of the district Military Command’s officers and soldiers who are grateful to revolutionary contributors, thus helping policy beneficiaries overcome difficulties.

On this occasion, the district People’s Committee, local administrations and sectors and Hop Hoa presented the family with home furnishings./.

                                                                 Thanh Hoan

                                                                   

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