The Lunar New Year is to bring the expatriates to the New Year with their families after a year of doing business. But not everyone who left his hometown has enough conditions to return home to celebrate Tet, especially workers with many difficulties in life. Understanding the homesickness of workers, this spring, taking care of Tet for workers in Binh Duong to welcome Tet has been actively implemented by units, organizations and individuals with rich contents.
New Year celebration
According to preliminary statistics from the provincial union levels, Lunar New Year 2019 is expected to have about 150,000 members and workers working in Binh Duong to welcome Tet. Taking care of Tet for those who stayed, the provincial Labor Federation directed the trade union to take care of workers who stayed to welcome Tet. Following that direction, Ben Cat Industrial Parks Trade Union visited and donated 200 gifts to workers in the inns, worth VND 500,000 each. For the provincial Industrial Parks Union, this year, about 70,000 workers are expected to stay in Binh Duong to welcome Tet. Therefore, the trade union executive committee planned to bring spring flavor to those who stayed in the inns. The trade union will hold a meeting of labor union workers and workers who are in labor accidents to welcome Tet. At the meeting, there will be meaningful gifts to encourage them. In addition, on the days of approaching the Lunar New Year, the trade union executive committee will give 2,000 pairs of banh chung to workers working through the company's local trade unions or to visit or donate directly at the inns.
Ben Cat Industrial Parks Trade Union presents gifts to workers who stay in Binh Duong to welcome Tet. Photo: Thien Ly
For warm-hearted workers in the days of the New Year's holiday, the Youth Union of communes, wards and towns in the province also planned to coordinate with the landlords to organize the tray on Tet holiday, Tet holiday and New Year's Eve. ... With the attention of the government, the landlords and workers feel somewhat comforted when having to welcome Tet away from home. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huan, worker of Manruei Vietnam Company (TXTuan An) came to Binh Duong to work for 5 years. Since then, she has never been to Thai Binh to welcome Tet with family and relatives. Her husband died a few years ago, she alone had to support her two small children. With the monthly salary is not enough to take care of meals, activities, education for children, she will stay every day to look for more jobs. Although not allowed to return home for Tet, 3 mothers and children do not feel sad because they are interested and shared by all levels and sectors.
On the side of the Lunar New Year companies still operating, there are also programs for their workers, such as organizing all year, welcoming new year at the company. In addition, on the 1st day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the Board of Directors of the company will come to the living quarters of the workers to wish Tet and give gifts and encourage them to stick with the company.
Tet with many entertainment spots
Not only to visit and give gifts, workers in Binh Duong will welcome Tet, but also enjoy playing and participating in cultural and cultural activities organized by the Provincial Labor Union in conjunction with the Department of Culture and Sports and Tourism organization. Accordingly, before, during and after the Lunar New Year, the provincial traditional music and dance group will perform 20 cultural nights of the program "Celebrate the Party and celebrate the Spring" in areas with a large number of workers and industrial parks to create joyful atmosphere to serve the needs of enjoying the cultural and artistic culture of workers. In addition, superior trade unions and companies hold hundreds of arts nights, year-end festivals, lucky draws at units serving workers.
On the side of the Youth Union of districts, towns and cities, Tet holidays also coordinated with the Center for Culture and Information at the same level to organize folk games, arts performances, lucky draws for workers and people in Tet holidays. Mr. Huynh Minh Sang, Deputy Secretary of Ben Cat Market, Chairman of Ben Cat Town Youth Union, said: "Come back for appointment, we have fun activities for the people on the Lunar New Year, Workers stay in Ben Cat to welcome Tet. Thereby helping them relieve homesickness. On the other hand, we instructed the grassroots union to coordinate with the host to organize the Tet holiday tray for workers. At the same time, there are cultural and cultural activities for immigrant workers.
Truong Thi Bich Hanh, Chairman of the provincial Labor Union, said the trade union wants all workers and workers to have a warm Tet. Therefore, the Provincial Labor Federation has directed all trade unions to perform by many practical jobs. Not only take care of giving car tickets to workers coming home to welcome Tet, but those who stay also must have a happy new year. Welcoming a happy new year, workers will have more energy to return to work better after Tet and continue to contribute to the development of enterprises and the province.
Reported by Thien Ly – Translated by Vi Bao
