The Da Nang Elderly Association held a meeting on Saturday to review its performance in 2023 and identify its new tasks for 2024.

Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Ho Ky Minh speaking at the event

Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Ho Ky Minh acknowledged and highly praised the association’s outstanding results over the past year.

He also said that, in recent times, the city’s government has paid special attention to social welfare work, including a monthly social subsidy policy for the elderly aged 75 to 80 years old without salary or allowance, providing social insurance or social benefits, increasing the level of house repair support for poor households, and giving monthly allowances to people with serious illnesses, including the elderly.

Vice Chairman Minh asked the Association to continue caring for and taking care of the lives and needs of the elderly in the city, as well as mobilise socialisation resources to visit and support the elderly in difficult circumstances, in 2024.

The focus should be on encouraging the elderly to get actively involved in building the Party and government; protecting national security, environmental sanitation and urban civilisation; and helping each other do good business, he added.

Currently, the city has 98,980 elderly members, of which 12,937 elderly people are party members.

Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh (5th, left) awarding Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the municipal People's Committee to outstanding individuals in 2023. Photo: N.Q

In 2023, free medical checkups and treatments were offered to 63,890 elderly people, including 7,000 those in difficult circumstances.

In addition, 12,987 elderly people were congratulated, celebrated and awarded certificates on their longevity. More than 9,000 gifts were given to the elderly in difficult circumstances.

Between 2018 and 2023, over 2,290 elderly people were honoured with the title “Elderly People Do Good Business”.

With excellent results during their work, the Da Nang Elderly Association's Representative Board was awarded the National Emulation Leading Flag in the "Old age, shining example" movement in 2023 by the Central Committee of the Viet Nam Elderly Association.

On the occasion, 5 collectives and 8 individuals received Certificates of Merit from municipal People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the "Old age, shining example" emulation and the association’s work in 2023.

Certificates of Merit from the Da Nang Elderly Association were presented to 23 collectives and 33 individuals for their outstanding achievements in 2023.

During the event, the city branch of the Viet Nam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Viettin Bank) donated 200 gifts, valued at VND100 million in total, to disadvantaged elderly people.

Reporting by NGOC QUOC - Translating by M.DUNG