President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Tran Thanh Man (Photo: Thanh Trung/VOV)

At a conference to review emulation work in the first half of the year in Hanoi on Friday, Mr. Man said national contributors have been taken care of: “We have built 18,000 compassion houses, repaired homes worth 31 million USD and delivered gifts worth 5.2 million USD for national contributors, heroes of the armed forces, and families of war invalids and martyrs. The Vietnam Fatherland Front and other mass organizations have raised a total of 43 million USD for emulation movements.”