Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh delivers a speech at a reception for Thau Thien-Hue ethnic dignitaries. (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)

She asked local authorities to take care of national contributors, families of martyrs and wounded soldiers, people imprisoned during the war, and people exposed to toxic chemicals. The Vice President also called for effort to reduce poverty in mountainous areas inhabited by ethnic minority people.

Ms. Thinh said she hopes that village elders in Thua Thien-Hue province will encourage others to increase their productivity, reduce poverty, preserve and promote Vietnam’s culture, and boost Vietnam’s socio-economic development.