Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended an annual programme to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year for workers in the south central province of Phu Yen on January 8.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
Phu Yen (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attendedan annual programme to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year for workers in the south central province of Phu Yen onJanuary 8.
The event was co-hosted by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour,the provincial authorities and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) CentralCommittee.
The provincial authorities reported that last year, nearly 1,500trade union members and disadvantaged workers received timely support on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) with a total value of 1.7 billion VND (73,000 USD). Local tradeunions also visited and presented gifts worth over 370 million VND to workershit by COVID-19 and diseases.
Speaking at the event, PM Chinh underlined the importance of Tet in the spiritual life of Vietnamese, stressing that helping the disadvantaged have a warm Tet demonstrates the Vietnamese tradition of unity and mutual help.
In the near future, the Government will direct ministries,agencies and localities to pool resources to tackle problems faced byworkers and improve their living conditions, with a focus on a project to build 1million social housing units and coming up with specific measures to develophousing for workers, he said.
On the occasion, the PM, together with leaders of the provinceand VFF Central Committee, presented 220 gifts to outstanding and poor workers,trade union members, with a total value of 288 million VND.
ཧ Earlier on January 7, the Government leader visited and offered Tet gifts to families of social policy beneficiaries in Phu Yen's Tuy Hoa city.
PM Chinh paid fact-finding trips to several works and projects inthe province, including Dong Hoa township’s Bai Goc area which is designated to house an industrial complex under the master plan on the development of Vietnam’sseaports for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050, and some sites in Phu Yen that the eastern branch of the North-South expressway will pass through.
ꦯ He is scheduled to hold a working session with Phu Yen officials on January 8./.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
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