Leaving her hometown of Can Tho to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Binh Duong province) to start a business, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tam - a worker at Yazaki EDS Vietnam Co., Ltd. - could not hide her excitement when mentioning Tet. For her, this is a special year when income has improved significantly.
Everyone is happy with the basic salary increase. This increase not only helps us reduce worries about living expenses but is also a great motivation to work. Especially, this year's Tet bonus is higher than last year, surely the gift basket brought home will be fuller and more tidy," Ms. Tam said.
In Can Tho, the Tet preparation atmosphere in industrial parks is also no less bustling. Ms. Le Nguyen Nhi - a worker at TKG Taekwang Can Tho Co., Ltd. - sees Tet gifts from the Trade Union and the company as a great consolation both spiritually and materially.
According to Ms. Nhi, the bonus level in 2026 is significantly higher than last year, helping her to be bolder in shopping for her family.
Sharing the same happiness, Mr. Tran Hoai Thanh - who has been attached to TKG Taekwang Can Tho Co., Ltd. for nearly 4 years - called this "the most special Tet". In addition to increasing the regional minimum wage, he also receives an annual salary increase and seniority allowances, housing.
Mr. Thanh confided: "Each increase, even if only a few hundred or tens of thousands of dong, is of great significance to workers. The Tet gifts from the Trade Union and the company also helped me save an extra amount of shopping. Thanks to that, my children have new clothes, my family has a little more cakes and jams to welcome Spring, I feel extremely warm.
In order to contribute to more joy and warmth during the 2026 Lunar New Year, TKG Taekwang Can Tho Co., Ltd. and the unit's Trade Union have coordinated to organize gifts for union members and workers (DV, NLD). The gift-giving is divided into 2 phases, including rice and essential necessities.
In addition, the company also encourages employees to work part-time. Employees who receive full part-time bonuses for 12 months will be rewarded an additional 250,000 VND, in addition to Tet bonuses.
The Can Tho City Labor Federation (LDLD) said that during the 2026 Binh Ngo Lunar New Year, city trade union levels will organize many activities to care for union members and workers.
With the motto "All union members and workers have Tet, celebrate Tet", city-level care activities will include many outstanding programs such as visiting, giving gifts, and wishing Tet to union members and workers in difficult circumstances and low incomes; the program "Trade Union Tet Market - Spring 2026" live and online; organizing bus trips or supporting bus and train tickets to take and receive workers back to their hometowns for Tet; programs accompanying businesses, grassroots trade unions and in social security work...
Specifically for the grassroots level, units will organize the "Tet Sum vay" program; visit, give gifts, and wish Tet to union members and workers; activities to celebrate Spring, welcome Tet, visit and encourage union members and workers who do not have the conditions to return to their hometowns for Tet... In particular, the "Trade Union Year-end Meal" of Binh Ngo Tet 2026 will be organized to create connection between union members and workers and the Trade Union organization and businesses.
