Free train rides offered for workers going home for Tet
Many disadvantaged workers and families in Ho Chi Minh City have been offered free train rides home this Lunar New Year (Tet holiday), a gesture of support with the hope that everyone can be reunited with their families on the occasion of the most important traditional festival of Vietnamese.
Workers' families board the February 4 free train to home for Tet (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Many disadvantaged workersand families𓄧 in Ho Chi Minh City have beenoffered free train rides home this Lunar New Year (Tet holiday), a gesture of support withthe hope that everyone can be reunited with their families on the occasion of the most important traditional festival of Vietnamese.
A such train under the “Trains of Spring” programme held by the Ho Chi Minh CityFederation of Labour in collaboration with the Federation of Labour of Export Processing Zones and Industrial Parks of HCM City, left Sai Gon station on February4, carrying 162 families of workers and their spouses and children to their hometowns in the central and northern regions. The programme, which has been carried out for the past fewyears, is a practical and meaningful action towards the migrant workers whocannot afford to go home for the holiday. According to Pham Chi Tam, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Federation of Labor, the federation has offered more than 26,000free bus, train and air tickets worth 16 billion VND (657 million USD) to helpworkers and their families return their hometown this Tet. Of which, the Federation of Labour of Export Processing Zones and Industrial Parks sponsored 17 trains to take over 560 families back to their hometown from February 4-7. Ngo Thi Tuyen Giang, working for Art Tango Vietnam in Tan Binh Export Processing Zone, was deeply moved and overjoyed with thesupport. Her husband passed away and she has been unable to return to her hometown for Tet reunion for 10 years. She also expressed her belief that workers oncharity trains will early return to the city after Tet holiday and do theirutmost to contribute to the success of their companies and the city’ssocio-economic development. Nguyen Thi Nguyen Thao from Phu Yen province expressed hergratitude, saying “Receiving the “Trains for Spring” ticket was my family’sjoy and happiness”. She shared that the charity programme holds significantmeaning, especially for workers living away from their hometowns. She hoped the programmewill be promoted to help more workers have the opportunity to return to theirhometowns to celebrate Tet with their families. On the occasion, representatives from thecity’s Federation of Labour presented gifts to workers./.
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Workers' families board the February 4 free train to home for Tet (Photo: VNA) 
