Promises under the peach tree

On November 28, 1959, President Ho wrote an article in the Nhan dan (People) newspaper stressing the significance of tree planting for each person, each family, and the entire nation. tree planting festival was held in the spring of 1960, following the late leader’s teachings, authorities and sectors from the central to grassroots levels, along with people nationwide, have joined hands in planting trees whenever a new year arrives. tree planting festival and stepping up forest protection and development at the beginning of 2021. Vietnam is to plant 1 billion trees from now to 2025 , including about 182 million this year./. VNA …

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During the event, the command’s troops worked closely with relevant forces to upgrade 760 meters of Mieu Dien-Go Tranh intervillage road in Tan Loi Thanh commune at a cost of VND 950 million, a 20m-long bridge costing VND 300 million and 600 meters of the Vinh Phuc canal road in Thanh Phu Dong commune at a cost of VND 500 million. Apart from upgrading these roads, troops decorated the roads with numerous flowers and trees, giving a new look to the local roads. Additionally, they also contributed working days to build 35 houses of military-civilian unity with a total investment of VND 1.75 billion, provided free health checkups for 500 people and presented 1,000 Tet gifts to local policy beneficiaries and poor people as gratitude to those who contributed to the national revolution. Thanking troops for their assistance to the locality, Nguyen Hoang Giang, Secretary of the Party cell of Tan Thi village, Tan Hao commune, emphasized that local people were happy with what troops have done for them such as house-repairs, road-upgrading, and medicine provisions. Military-civilian activities during the Tet were closely attached to the national program of new-style rural building, contributing to winning people’s hearts and minds and firmly building a defensive area. Translated by Mai Huong …

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For many years, a 77-year-old woman has been going to every small alley and street corner in her neighborhood to collect scraps and sell banh my to get money for her ‘piggy banks’, which are kept to help the poor. 'Ma Cuc', or Mother Cuc On a pre-Tet day, Cuc sat at her home and opened a book where she wrote down the names of poor people who needed help. After writing cards to invite poor people to come to get Tet gifts, she checked her bag once again to see if any money was left and put the money into the ‘piggy banks’ on the table. ‘Ma Cuc’, or Mother Cuc, is the name people in Ward 8, District 3, in HCM City give to Nguyen Thi Bach Cuc who has been collecting scraps and raising money for piggy banks for 40 years to help the needy. Cuc said she is kindhearted and does a lot of charity work. When she began working for the ward’s women association, she decided to create ‘piggy banks’ to save money for the poor by collecting scraps. “When I began collecting scraps, there were a lot of whispers and comments. People said I pretended to be poor but my children are successful. But I did not feel sad. I believed they would understand me,” she recalled. She said when her "back was still straight" she went to every small alley to collect scraps. Later, when her back became bent with age, she went to every house to ask for scraps. For many years, a 77-year-old woman has been going to every small alley and street corner in her neighborhood to collect scraps and sell banh my to get money for her ‘piggy banks’, which are kept to help the poor. Finally, locals realized the humanitarian significance of her work. They voluntarily bring scraps to her house and she classifies the scraps and sells them for money. Cuc said she "fed the first pig" for one year. When she opened the piggy bank, she found VND50 million. The amount of money was sent to many agencies and organizations to distribute to the poor. The woman, seeing people happy with her …

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