HCM City to spend VND140 billion to support workers on Tet
>> 50,000 HCM City workers face falling incomes
HCM City Labour Federation has planned to spend roughly VND140 billion (USD5.6 million) to hold activities for workers during the coming Tet Lunar New Year.
The federation will help 10,000 families of employees which are in financial difficulties and can not return home for Tet. They will be given a gift worth VND1 million each on Tet Holiday.
The federation will help 10,000 families of employees which are in financial difficulties and can not return home for Tet. They will be given a gift worth VND1 million each on Tet Holiday.
Workers leave HCM City to return home for Tet
The city will offer gifts to 5,000 families.
Trade unions at all levels will launch online and in-person subsidised markets for workers and visit and offer Tet gifts for those who can’t return home for Tet.
The trade unions have also been asked to persuade employers to arrange coaches or give subsidised tickets to disadvantaged employees.
According to Deputy Chairman of the Labour Federation of HCM City Tran Doan Trung, providing free transport to workers in difficult circumstances for Tet has become an annual tradition of many companies in Ho Chi Minh City over the past year.
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