Bac Lieu, May 23 -- A total of 700 new houses were handed over to poor and near-poor households in the southern province of Bac Lieu at a ceremony jointly held by the Ministry of Public Security and local authorities on May 22.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Public Security Lt. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Lam said that in recent years, the ministry has spearheaded fundraising campaigns and collaborated with localities to build more than 28,600 homes, along with numerous schools and educational facilities, at a total cost of over 1.4 trillion VND (about 53.8 million USD).

Since the beginning of this year, the ministry has mobilised the police force to contribute a day's salary, raising 362 billion VND to support the Government's programm...