Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) – Various activities have been held in many localities to help the needy enjoya warm traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important festival in a yearof Vietnamese people.
In the southernprovince of Dong Nai, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and Mobifonecompany on February 8 presented 1,200 train tickets to poor workers in DongNai, Binh Duong and Long An to return to their homelands in the northern andcentral regions for the holiday.
The programme wasfirst launched in 2016. So far, 4,400 travel tickets have been delivered to theneedy.
The same day, in theMekong Delta province of Vinh Long, the Vietnam Red Cross Society’srepresentative office in the southern region and the provincial Red CrossSociety granted gifts worth 500,000 VND each to 100 local poor households andvictims of Agent Orange/dioxin.
According to Presidentof the provincial Red Cross Society Le Dong Nhac, the organisation has mobilised32,500 gifts for those in need.
Meanwhile, thenorthern province of Phu Tho’s Labour Federation has implemented a number ofactivities to support labourers, including offering gifts to poor workers,assisting poor households in building houses. So far, trade unions in thelocality have given nearly 2,000 Tet gifts to poor workers.
At the same time, LeMinh Hung, Vice President of the Labour Federation of the Mekong Delta provinceof Tien Giang said that the federation has worked with some agencies to give nearly1,200 travel tickets worth over 600 million VND to workers in the locality,while presenting nearly 14,000 poor labourers with nearly 5.4 billion VND incash, along with Tet gifts worth over 2.5 billion VND to 12,000 needy people.
The federation plansto hold a Tet celebration for workers in industrial parks as well as call onenterprises to present 5,000 gifts and at least 500 travel tickets to poorworkers, he said. It will also give financial assistance to 21 households to buildnew houses, added Hung.-VNA
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