5,000 Vietnamese workers return to their hometowns for Tet with free bus tickets

Le Quoc Phong, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, presents gifts to workers before they get on buses to return to their hometowns on Feb 12. - Photo: VNA/VNS

HCM CITY: As many as 5,000 workers and their relatives in HCM City on Thursday (Feb 12) got on buses to return to their hometowns in the central and northern provinces to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year) with their families under the “Trade Union Bus Trip – Spring” programme.

The programme, organised by the HCM City Labour Federation, is part of activities to care for union members and workers during the Tet holiday.