Vice President presents gifts to frontliners in Tien Giang hinh anh 1Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan at COVID-19 treatment hospital No.2 (Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang (VNA)Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan visited and presented gifts to frontliners in the fight against COVID-19 in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on September 21.

In Cai Lay township, Xuan hailed frontliners for their determination in the effort. She asked the provincial authorities to offer timely support and commendation to individuals and organisations for their contributions in the work.

She also asked the province to ensure social welfare for residents, come up with specific plans to restore key industries and offer incentives to firms in the new normal.

As of September 21, the province had recorded 13,270 infections, 77.8 percent of them recovered and 327 died from the disease. Four out of 11 districts and townships had gone through seven days without local transmissions, reported the provincial Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

On the occasion, she handed over 5,000 COVID-19 test kits and five houses to the province. The Vietnam Fatherland Front also presented 3 billion VND to Tien Giang and 220 million VND to Cai Lay township in support of the local pandemic fight.

In the morning the same day, the leader also visited and offered gifts to frontliners in the COVID-19 treatment hospital No.2.

Later in the afternoon, she also presented gifts to disadvantaged workers and trade union members in the Dai Thanh fishery company based in the Song Thuan industrial zone in Chau Thanh district./.

VNA