HCM City to spend over 47 mln USD on Tet activities for the disadvantaged
Ho Chi Minh City has earmarked over 1.11 trillion VND (nearly 47.2 million USD) for activities aimed at ensuring a merry Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday for people with disadvantages, according to Thanh nien (Young people) newspaper.
Workers receive Tet gifts at a programme in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Ho ChiMinh City has earmarked over 1.11 trillion VND (nearly 47.2 million USD) foractivities aimed at ensuring a merry Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday for peoplewith disadvantages, according to Thanh nien (Young people) newspaper.
The municipal Department ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs has planned several activities, including holdingNew Year celebrations, upgrading martyr cemeteries and memorials, organisingmeetings with veteran revolutionaries and Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, andpresenting gifts to revolution contributors, poor households, people entitledto social protection, along with cadres, civil servants, public employees andworkers in the State sectors.
Authorities of HCM City willpresent gifts to the People’s Committees of 312 wards, communes, and townships soas to organise Tet activities for local residents.
Nearly 927 billion VND willbe allocated for those activities, rising over 76 billion VND from the 2022Tet, said Deputy Director of the department Huynh Le Nhu Trang.
Meanwhile, the municipalVietnam Fatherland Front Committee has also built a plan under which more than 43billion VND will be spent on caring for the disadvantaged, according to head ofthe committee’s movement division Duong Thi Huyen Tram.
The HCM City Federation ofLabour has also been holding a number of activities to care for workers on theTet occasion amid lay-offs and job losses facing employees of some businesses.
From January 6, it will senddelegations to pay pre-Tet visits to some enterprises and present gifts todisadvantaged workers. New Year celebrations and gatherings of those unable toreturn to their hometowns for Tet will also be held.
These activities will becarried out at a total cost of about 140 billion VND, Vice President of thefederation Pham Chi Tam noted.
Salary of workers in HCM Cityaveraged over 11 million VND per month in 2022.
The average 2023 New Year bonusstood at 3.14 million VND, 7.37% lower than the 2022 survey. Meanwhile, Tetbonuses rose 45% to 12.88 million VND on average, according to the Departmentof Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs./.
Enterprises have managed to give Tet (Lunar New Year) bonuses equal to at least one-month salary to employees amid a sharp drop in orders for exports and suspension of production, the Ho Chi Minh City Labour Federation said.
The labour confederation of the southern province of Binh Duong on December 28 announced that it is coordinating with trade unions at all levels and relevant agencies to implement a programme to present tickets to workers living in disadvantaged circumstances to enable them to return home for the 2023 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 31 announced that it will offer a free flight to bring workers with difficult circumstances in southern provinces to their homes in the North for Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) must direct commercial banks to meet all payment and cash demands of individuals and firms during Tet (Lunar New Year).
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Workers receive Tet gifts at a programme in HCM City. (Photo: VNA) 
