Hanoi (VNA) – The central province of Nghe An has decided tosupport the needy in the locality with 50.5 billion VND ahead of the Lunar NewYear (Tet).
In the upcoming holiday, the province will not let off fireworks to savemoney for the poor.
Currently, Nghe An has over 80,000 poor households, mostly residing inmountainous and border areas. In 2017, the province built 541 new houses andupgraded 299 others for the poor.
Meanwhile, the central province of Quang Tri has also launched a numberof activities to ensure a warm festival for all poor workers in the province.
This year, Tet bonus for local workers in the locality varies from200,000 VND to 72 million VND. Many small firms have no plan to offer bonus forworkers.
Along with keeping a close watch on businesses’ implementation of salaryand bonus regulations, local authorities have also held dialogues with thefirms to deal with difficulties facing them and the workers.
Last year, the provincial Trade Union supported over 4,000 workers withunderprivileged circumstances with over 2 billion VND, while building 45 newhouses worth 1.79 billion VND to the needy.
Quang Tri now has about 35,000 labourers, many of whom face difficulties.
At the same time, the Management Board of the southern province of BinhPhuoc reported that more than 100 enterprises have announced Tet bonus forworkers at average 5.2 million VND each.
Trade unions at all levels have built plans to support workers, includingfree travel assistance and Tet gifts.-VNA
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