Workers receive gifts and buy goods at discounts.
Right after finishing her shift, Ms. Dinh Thi Xuan (Ha Bac Garment Export Joint Stock Company) and her colleagues went to the program "Tet Sum Vay - Xuan Ung Dang" combined with "Tet Union Market 2025". Following the instructions of the union staff, she registered to receive a 0 VND shopping voucher and scanned the QR code with her phone to participate in the lucky draw program.
The 38-year-old female worker has a very difficult family situation. Her eldest son has cancer and has been undergoing treatment for 15 years. Each time he is treated, she has to pay 5-6 million VND for his medicine. Recently, as his health has improved, this number has decreased to 2-3 million VND. Previously, because of his illness, the eldest son had to drop out of school. Now, he has returned to school and is in the same 6th grade as her second son.
The medical expenses for her older child and the family's living expenses depend on her income of about 10 million VND/month from her job. Although she has her own house and does not have to pay rent, the life of the three mother and children is still very difficult and deprived. She herself has many illnesses and poor health.
Not only Ms. Xuan, many female workers, many of whom are elderly, are very excited to participate in the program. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue - a worker at a garment company in Viet Yen town - scanned the QR code following the instructions of a union official of Bac Giang province in the hope of winning valuable items at the program. Ms. Hue is a disadvantaged group and has been a worker for 10 years. "When a garment company opened near my house, I decided to work there to have a more stable salary and support my children," Ms. Hue said.
Receiving the discount coupon, she was very happy and said she would walk around and find any suitable items, utensils or food to buy for her family.
Meanwhile, at the zero-dong booth, Ms. Do Thi Thuy (a garment worker) submitted her coupon and chose a box of instant noodles as a gift. The female worker, born in 1982, said that she received this gift to use as breakfast for her whole family. "I heard about this program from the grassroots union, so right after finishing my shift, I came here to receive the gift," Ms. Thuy shared.
3,000 0 VND shopping vouchers for union members and workers
According to the Bac Giang Provincial Federation of Labor, at the program, the Provincial Federation of Labor issued 10,000 coupons of 50,000 VND to workers in difficult circumstances to buy goods at the booths. Workers participating in the purchase of goods enjoyed separate discounts at each booth. Thereby, the program attracted over 30,000 workers and local people to participate in shopping at the booths; the total amount of goods sold was over 50,000 products, with total revenue of over 3.5 billion VND.
To spread the care for union members and workers to workers in difficult circumstances, the Provincial Federation of Labor has issued 3,000 0 VND vouchers to union members and workers in difficult circumstances to choose and receive goods at the "0 VND booth for workers".
At the program, over 3,500 workers in difficult circumstances were provided with goods from the Bac Giang Provincial Labor Federation and sponsoring units from the 0-dong booths with items serving Tet needs and given over 1,000 traditional ao dai sets.
Mr. Le Duc Tho - Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang Provincial Federation of Labor - said that in recent years, the Bac Giang Provincial Federation of Labor and all levels of trade unions in the province have regularly organized the Tet Sum Vay Program for union members and workers. This program has become an annual activity bearing the mark of the Trade Union organization.
According to Mr. Le Duc Tho, after 10 years of organization, the Bac Giang Provincial Federation of Labor has flexibly innovated the way of organizing the Tet Sum vay program with Tet booths, 0-dong booths for workers, along with activities such as health care consultation, legal consultation, organizing dance competitions, folk dance, banh chung wrapping competitions... creating a series of rich activities attracting nearly 100,000 workers to participate, creating a joyful and warm atmosphere spreading during the traditional Tet holiday of the nation.
