Come to Tet Market and learn about Tet culture
Another Tet has come. Talking about Tet, the 2024 Trade Union Tet Market organized by the Hanoi Industrial and Export Processing Zones Trade Union, Ms. Nguyen Thi Duyen - a worker at FCC Vietnam Co., Ltd. shared: "Thank you to the Trade Union for always bringing Tet early to workers".
Ms. Duyen recalled the excitement when watching the teams of workers compete to wrap banh chung. The excitement here is not only the competition to see which team can wrap the banh chung beautifully and quickly, but also many workers want to learn how to wrap banh chung from the competing teams. Ms. Le Thi Hai, from Tuyen Quang, who has witnessed the banh chung wrapping contest at Tet Sum vay organized by the Trade Union for 2 years, learned how to cut and place the leaves when wrapping banh chung to make the cake square without using a mold.
Ms. Hai said that through observation, she learned about the ratio between rice, beans and meat, especially how to hold the beans in advance, and when making the filling, how to break the beans to fit the rice as the "shell" of the cake... She said, "Now, every Tet, when I return to my hometown, I am confident in wrapping banh chung for my family."
The Trade Union Tet Market is an expected destination for union members and workers not only because they can buy quality Tet goods at preferential prices, but also because they can enjoy many special art programs, participate in games, and especially learn about Tet culture. Remember, the Trade Union Tet Market of Giap Thin in 2024 organized by the Hanoi City Labor Federation also has a row of kiosks displaying and introducing Tet culture. Mr. Nguyen Van Huy, from Thach That Industrial Park, was impressed with the booth displaying parallel sentences; next to it was a booth displaying colorful flowers.
At that time, not rushing to buy things inside, Mr. Huy and a friend who was also a worker in the same boarding house went around the kiosks outside. The two workers who spent most of their day standing next to the production line in the factory had the opportunity to learn about Tet parallel sentences, about Tet customs, about bamboo beds, wine jars, about the meaning of New Year wishes... Those kiosks displaying Tet culture helped union members and workers understand more about Tet - the time for family reunion. Many kiosks have become check-in points for union members and workers when they come here to shop for Tet.
In the year of At Ty 2025, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will continue to organize the Trade Union Tet Market. The program is directly implemented by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, scheduled to take place from January 11 to 19, 2025 (ie from December 12 to 20, Giap Thin year) in Hai Phong City. According to the plan, the Tet Market will include about 200 booths. Of which, there are 150 commercial booths, 50 food booths and booths displaying handicraft products. Goods sold at the program are essential goods for Tet; consumer products, handicrafts; processed foods...
This may show that handicraft products at the Trade Union Tet Market will enrich the knowledge about culture and spiritual life of union members and workers. For the program organized by the Provincial and Municipal Labor Federations, Central Trade Unions and equivalent, it is expected that there will also be corners introducing Tet culture such as displaying fruit trays, parallel sentences, traditional Tet meals...
Going to the Union Tet Market online will save a lot of time
This year, the online Trade Union Tet Market will continue to be held, from 0:00 on December 20, 2024 to 24:00 on January 20, 2025 (ie from November 20 to December 21, the year of the Dragon 2024). Goods at the online Trade Union Tet Market include items serving the essential needs of union members and workers during Tet and consumer products. Examples of food and foodstuffs will include rice, grains; dried foods for Tet such as bamboo shoots, vermicelli, mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, dried agricultural products...; cakes, jams, candies; packaged and canned processed foods; spices; other types of food and foodstuffs. Decorations and products related to Tet. There are also gift packages, Tet gift baskets...
Eager to participate in the online Trade Union Tet Market, Ms. Tran Thi Le Mai said that last year, a friend of hers was supported by the Trade Union to "go" to the online Trade Union Tet Market. She saw that her friend did not have to spend much time traveling, but after work, returning to her boarding house, her friend went to the e-commerce trading floors in the program to choose goods and products. After completing the procedures (according to the previous instructions of the Company's Trade Union staff), Ms. Mai's friend was able to buy all the most basic Tet items.
Ms. Mai shared that going to the market to shop during Tet is also a pleasure, but in reality, for workers like her, at the end of the year, they just want to have time to work overtime to increase their income and have more money to cover Tet expenses. Therefore, the Online Trade Union Tet Market has helped many union members and workers save time while still shopping enough for Tet, and gradually create a habit of using technology to bring convenience to life.
