Workers having difficulties returning to Southern provinces after Tet holiday
After such a long Tet holiday, many Northern workers are encountering trouble catching trains, coaches, and airplanes back to their workplaces in the South.
Nguyen Hue Flower Street welcomes over 1.2 million visitors
The 20th Nguyen Hue Flower Street officially closed yesterday at 9:00 pm after serving more than 1.2 million visitors for 8 days from January 19-26.
Hanoi, HCMC witness serious traffic congestion after Tet holiday
The National Traffic Safety Committee has reported complicated traffic congestion at the entrances to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City when Tet holiday begins and ends.
HCMC’s Book Street Festival 2023 opens
HCMC’s annual Book Street Festival officially opened on January 19 (the 28th day of the last month of the lunar calendar).
Unemployed, temporarily laid-off laborers supported at Tet holiday
Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) released a dispatch yesterday about the financial aid of VND1-3 million to workers losing their job or having their working time cut in the last 2 months due to order quantity reduction of businesses.
Supermarkets, markets pledge to keep prices stable for Tet holiday
Currently, besides preparing a sufficient supply, many supermarkets and markets are also committed to reducing and stabilizing the prices of essential items.
Temporary taxi stand at TSN Airport to operate during Lunar New Year
Tan Son Nhat International Airport yesterday informed that the allocated 3,541-square-meter lot for a temporary taxi stand at the corner of Bach Dang – Truong Son – Hong Ha will be put into operation from January 15 to February 6.
Unusual rains affect flower production for Tet holiday
Many unusual heavy rains in the past few days have made floriculturists concerned, fearing that flowers will be damaged because they depend only on this main harvest in a year.
Flight tickets difficult to buy near Tet holiday
Many flights departing from HCMC to Buon Ma Thuot City in Dak Lak Province and Quy Nhon City in Binh Dinh Province from January 19 onwards have sold out of tickets.
HCMC’s leaders honor overseas Vietnamese’s great contributions
The HCMC Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee last night organized a meeting with nearly 1,000 overseas Vietnamese from foreign countries and territories in advance of the Tet holiday.
Festivals contribute to increasing attractiveness of tourism
The lunar New Year (Tet) festival is an occasion for the tourism industry to promote unique Vietnamese traditional culture to international friends in the country and abroad and contribute to increasing revenue from the sector.
HCMC organizes zero- dong mini supermarket for the poor
The “Zero- dong mini supermarket” program is set to take place in three days, starting from January 5 to January 8 to serve 20,000 cases with a total estimated cost of more than VND10 billion (US$427,667).
Spring atmosphere pervades Sa Dec flower village
These days, the spring atmosphere pervades Sa Dec flower village in the Mekong delta province of Dong Thap, one of the largest flower villages in the delta.
Calligraphy street to be held in HCMC’s floating flower market
HCMC’s unique floating flower market will open on January 6-21 (on the 5th -30th days of the last lunar month) on the Tau Hu-Ben Nghe canal along the street of Ben Binh Dong in District 8.
Many laborers lose their jobs before Tet holiday
After two years of struggle to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, laborers have run out of accumulated funds. The fact that they are struck by job loss and reduction right before the Tet holiday has been causing burdens to pile up.
Businesses striving to help employees overcome difficulties at year end
Understanding the challenges that laborers are facing, the local authorities at many provinces are working with labor unions and enterprises to launch various programs to aid workers during the year end and upcoming Tet holiday.
Mekong Delta specialties urgently prepared for Tet season
Whenever Lunar New Year comes, specialty villages in the Mekong Delta eagerly prepare their products to satisfy consumers’ high demands nationwide. They increase their capacity very early, each year with more varieties to serve their customers.
Binh Chanh prepares 26,000 gifts for social policy beneficiaries on Tet holiday
Reporting on the preparation for the Lunar New Year, Head of Culture and Sports Department of Binh Chanh District Truong Phi Hung said that on this Tet holiday (the Lunar New Year), the district has been preparing 26,000 gifts worth more than VND27.2 billion for families in the social welfare policies, people in serving the cause of the nation’s revolution, poor households and the disadvantaged.
HCMC striving to ensure economic growth, social security
The tense global situation as well as rather gloomy national economic health at the end of 2022 has had adverse impacts on the life of a large quantity of citizens and operation of businesses. Both the municipal authorities and the community in Ho Chi Minh City are closely cooperating with one another to overcome such severe challenges, which is forecast to last for a long time.
MOLISA suggests not to abuse, prolong Lunar New Year holiday
Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung, on December 7, signed an official letter requesting administrative and non-business agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, businesses, and employers strictly comply with regulations on the schedule of the Lunar New Year holiday and the National Day holiday in 2023.