Since early this year, the province has issued 27,006 medical insurance cards to the poor and the 4,060 ones people on verge of poverty at the cost of VND 10.5 billion from the provincial budget.  Industrious but in difficulty school children are awarded with scholarship Besides, the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in collaboration with HCMC Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients presented 700 health insurance cards to people on the verge poverty in Tan Uyen district cost VND 130 million. Over VND 6 billion of gifts has been donated to support the poor and social difficult people.Meantime, support of electricity bill for 6,549 poor households according to the criteria of provincial amount of VND 30,000 a month, the total budget is VND 1.768 billion.In particular, the six districts, towns and Thu Dau Mot city have offered support costs to 47,840 poor children, who have difficulties, at VND 18.336 billion and tuition reduction for 1,752 students with a budget of VND 2.857 billion.Reported by Tuong Vy – Translated by Vi Bao