Mr. Tran Van Vuong, 27 years old, is a worker at a plastic production company in Phuong Liet ward, Hanoi. Mentioning the World Cup, Mr. Vuong said that this year's World Cup schedule has time slots that fall right into working hours or right after late overtime hours. The pressure to complete the company's production targets in this period is not small, ensuring both work progress and arranging time to not miss the top matches is a difficult problem.
Taking advantage of breaks between shifts or lunch breaks, we take advantage of surfing our phones to update scores" - Mr. Vuong said.
To satisfy his passion without affecting his work, Mr. Vuong only chooses to watch live blockbuster matches, and late matches will watch highlights again. For matches taking place on the night before the holiday, Mr. Vuong and his colleagues often meet at beer shops and cafes to watch, cheer and enjoy the exciting atmosphere of the World Cup together.
“It's a bit hard, but being able to live fully in the passionate atmosphere of the World Cup is the greatest joy of the workers" - Mr. Vuong added. Talking to reporters, Mr. Mai Trung Kien - Deputy Chief of the Trade Union Office, Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPost) - said that the corporation has personnel across the country, the production characteristic is not simply working 8 hours of office hours but in shifts, with fixed and street departments...
In terms of viewpoint, the Trade Union of VNPost Corporation wishes the lives of union members and workers to have their own joy after tiring working hours" - Mr. Kien said.
According to Mr. Kien, during the World Cup, the VNPost Trade Union has promoted welfare benefits for workers so that brothers can enjoy the World Cup. The VNPost Trade Union coordinates with a number of units to have solutions for brothers and sisters after overtime to enjoy joy without affecting professional production and business activities.
The VNPost Trade Union propagates MobiFone's package for workers to view, review, comment, view highlights...on phones, tablets, and websites.
If they cannot view during production hours, workers can view at other times, when they are free."We inform workers to know about this package to register, conveniently view, and save costs.Also during the World Cup, in addition to propagating policies, regulations, professional regulations and activities of the corporation's trade union, superior trade unions...we also integrate propaganda to make workers aware that although they are happy to watch football, production and business tasks are still the top priority, watching football does not affect production and business," Mr. Kien added.
