Workers receive Tet gifts at a programme in HCM City. (Photo: VNA) The municipal Department ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs has planned several activities, including holdingNew Year celebrations, upgrading martyr cemeteries and memorials, organisingmeetings with veteran revolutionaries and Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, andpresenting gifts to revolution contributors, poor households, people entitledto social protection, along with cadres, civil servants, public employees andworkers in the State sectors.
Authorities of HCM City willpresent gifts to the People’s Committees of 312 wards, communes, and townships soas to organise Tet activities for local residents.
Nearly 927 billion VND willbe allocated for those activities, rising over 76 billion VND from the 2022Tet, said Deputy Director of the department Huynh Le Nhu Trang.
Meanwhile, the municipalVietnam Fatherland Front Committee has also built a plan under which more than 43billion VND will be spent on caring for the disadvantaged, according to head ofthe committee’s movement division Duong Thi Huyen Tram.
The HCM City Federation ofLabour has also been holding a number of activities to care for workers on theTet occasion amid lay-offs and job losses facing employees of some businesses.
From January 6, it will senddelegations to pay pre-Tet visits to some enterprises and present gifts todisadvantaged workers. New Year celebrations and gatherings of those unable toreturn to their hometowns for Tet will also be held.
These activities will becarried out at a total cost of about 140 billion VND, Vice President of thefederation Pham Chi Tam noted.
Salary of workers in HCM Cityaveraged over 11 million VND per month in 2022.
The average 2023 New Year bonusstood at 3.14 million VND, 7.37% lower than the 2022 survey. Meanwhile, Tetbonuses rose 45% to 12.88 million VND on average, according to the Departmentof Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs./.
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