Staying up all night waiting for the Trade Union flight to take them home for Tet
On February 12th (ie December 25th of the lunar calendar), at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) in coordination with Vietnam Airlines organized a send-off ceremony for union members and workers participating in the program "Trade Union Flight - Spring 2026".
This is a key activity to support means for workers in difficult circumstances who have not returned to their hometowns for many years or have outstanding achievements in production. During the Binh Ngo Tet 2026, the program deploys 3 flights, bringing more than 550 union members from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, Vinh and Hue. See more...
Ho Chi Minh City spends more than 1,100 billion VND to expand the Northwest gateway road 4 times
Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just issued a decision approving the adjustment of the investment policy for the project to expand and upgrade Huong Lo 80B road.
The total investment was adjusted from VND 764 billion to VND 1.104 billion.
At the same time, the investor's name was also adjusted from "Urban Traffic Management Zone No. 3" to "Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board".
The project implementation location has been updated from "District 12, Hoc Mon district" to "Tan Thoi Hiep ward, Dong Thanh commune", suitable for the current administrative unit. See more...
Many teachers in Ho Chi Minh City receive tens of millions of VND for the 2026 Lunar New Year
During the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026, public teachers in Ho Chi Minh City will receive about 4 main amounts of money, including: additional income according to Resolution 27 of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council; bonuses according to Decree 73; Tet gifts and surplus income/savings fund of each school.
On February 12, in an exchange with Lao Dong Newspaper, Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Thu - Principal of Binh Tho Secondary School (Thu Duc ward) said that the school has completed the disbursement of year-end funds for teachers. See more...
Congestion lasting for hours on the access road to the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway
On the morning of February 12th (ie December 25th of the lunar calendar), prolonged traffic jams occurred on the access road to the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway, the western gateway area of the city.
According to Lao Dong's records, at about 10 am on the same day, the access road to the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway (about 3 km long - from Binh Thuan intersection to Vo Tran Chi street) was experiencing serious congestion. See more...
Discharge before Tet: Decision based on expertise, not for spring
Children's Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City in the last days of the year, doctors and nurses are still busy with their work. Because it is a final-line hospital, the workload is always high even on Tet holiday, and all care work still takes place normally.
BS.CKII Truong Thi Ngoc Phu - Deputy Head of the General Planning Department, Children's Hospital 2 HCMC said that usually before Tet, the number of pediatric patients undergoing outpatient examinations tends to increase slightly due to the psychology of adults who do not want children to get seriously ill during Tet holidays because they have to go home and travel far, so they bring children for examination early as soon as children start to have symptoms of the disease. See more...
