Nearly 7.5 million workers receive Tết support

HÀ NỘI – Nearly 7.5 million trade union members and workers across Việt Nam have received support to have a better Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday, according to reports by 74 out of 82 localities and units nationwide. The support was worth over VNĐ4.24 trillion (US$173.7 million) in total, including nearly VNĐ1.8 trillion from non-State sources. Trade unions at all levels have organised 14,664 Tết programmes, attracting over 3 million members and workers, in which more than 1.8 million trade union members and workers received gifts worth over VNĐ1 trillion. More than 162,800 trade union members and workers were given train/bus/plane ticket support worth nearly VNĐ76 billion. Trade unions at all levels organised and coordinated with agencies, units and employers to provide 3,382 free bus trips to send over 112,000 workers to their hometowns.