Workers' Tet away from home
The family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Chien - a worker in Hoa Cam Industrial Park - is also a single mother raising 2 young children. This year has been 4 years, Ms. Chien and her 3 children have not been able to return to their hometown in Quang Binh to celebrate Tet.
“My two children are at school age, so the cost of schooling, food, and clothing is quite high. With my salary, it is not enough to cover expenses during this Tet holiday,” Ms. Chien confided.
Ms. Pham Thi Lien, from Quang Ninh province, is currently a worker at Hoa Cam industrial park. For the past 6 years, she has not returned home to celebrate Tet with her family.
“My eldest daughter is in her third year of university. The expenses are high, but the salary of a worker is low. Each train trip back and forth costs nearly 2 million, including Tet gifts. I think it will cost a lot, so I will try to stay a few years to take care of my daughter so she can go to school,” Ms. Lien choked up.
The Union bus organized by the Da Nang City Labor Federation could not reach Quang Ninh, so workers like Ms. Lien had to sadly stay in Da Nang for another Tet holiday.
At the Da Nang workers' housing area (Cam Le district, Da Nang city), this Lunar New Year 2025, it is expected that more than 40 households will stay to celebrate Tet in Da Nang.
Ensuring a warm and prosperous Tet for the people
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025, the People's Committee of Da Nang City will visit and give gifts to meritorious people, relatives of meritorious people, social subjects, organizations, individuals and pay their respects and offer gifts with a total cost of more than 126 billion VND.
Da Nang also supports an additional gift level (in cash) of 500,000 VND.
The city will support gifts (in cash) of VND 1,000,000 for workers, civil servants, and laborers in difficult circumstances, those who have had work accidents, natural disasters, serious illnesses, and those who cannot return home for Tet; at the same time, support Veterans Association members with serious illnesses and difficult circumstances; Thai Phien Club members who are often sick; and give gifts to Truong Sa soldiers.
City leaders will directly visit and present gifts to 50 units and localities, and assign departments and branches to visit and present gifts to 33 social protection facilities and mass organizations.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (VFF) of Da Nang City will present Tet gifts to ethnic minority households in the three communes of Hoa Bac, Hoa Phu, and Hoa Ninh (in Hoa Vang District); support gifts of VND500,000 from the city budget and gifts in kind of VND200,000 from the Fund for the Poor for the three communes of Hoa Bac, Hoa Phu, and Hoa Ninh.
This year, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Da Nang City supports gifts (in cash) of VND 500,000 from the Fund for the Poor for near-poor households, households in especially difficult circumstances, households in especially difficult circumstances, and 100 gifts/organization for members in difficult circumstances of 9 member organizations.
