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Poor students gifted bus tickets to return home for Tet

The Ho Chi Minh City Student Assistance Centre (SAC) will present 3,000 bus tickets to disadvantaged students to help them return home for Tet (Lunar New Year).
Poor students gifted bus tickets to return home for Tet ảnh 1The Ho Chi Minh City Student Assistance Centre (SAC) will present 3,000 bus tickets to disadvantaged students to help them return home for Tet. (Source: VNA)

HCMCity (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Student Assistance Centre (SAC) willpresent 3,000 bus tickets to disadvantaged students to help them return homefor Tet (Lunar New Year).

The buses will depart from HCM City to central provinces, especially those hithard by the recent floods and storms, said SAC Deputy Director Le Xuan Dung onJanuary 5.

On this occasion, the centre will provide 5,000 jobs for needy university studentsduring the holiday, mostly cashier, packaging worker, supermarket staff,security guard, shipper and switchboard operator.

Besides, it will present gifts to underprivileged children in orphanages andthe city’s outlying areas.  

Last year, the centre presented up to 5,000 coach tickets to less privilegedstudents and workers to help them reunite with their families in central,Central Highlands and southwestern regions. -VNA


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