Workers eagerly wait for free air tickets to return home for Tet

Many years have to be away from home during Tet

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tung (born in 1994, a union member of Gain Lucky Vietnam Co., Ltd., Tay Ninh province) was very happy to be one of the people who received air tickets to return to their hometown in Phu Tho for Tet 2026.

Mr. Tung moved to the South to start a business in 2021. Having a good grasp of Chinese, he applied to work as an interpreter in the company. Currently, his income is about 12 million VND/month. Up to now, he still has not had the means to buy his own house. His parents in the countryside are old and do not have pensions, so their lives are still difficult.

In the 5 years away from home, he has only returned home for Tet once. That time, he took a plane, the two-way ticket alone was about 5 million VND. Every year he wants to go back to his hometown to visit his parents and relatives during Tet, but due to difficult economic conditions, he has been away from home for many years to spend time together as a family.

I was very happy and moved to receive a plane ticket home for Tet from the Trade Union. This is truly a meaningful activity, helping those who work far from home to have a life as difficult as me to return to their hometown and reunite with relatives and family - Mr. Tung shared.

The first time I was able to fly home for Tet

For Ms. Pham Thi Huong (worker at Pou Hung Vietnam Company, Tay Ninh Province), this will be the first time she will be able to take a plane to return home for Tet. Ms. Huong said that she started working in the South in 2007. After nearly 20 years away from home, she has just returned home a few times to celebrate Tet with her family, all those trips were sleeper buses. "If the mother and child return to their hometown and go to bed, the ticket price for both way and trip is a total of 8 million VND," said the female worker.

When she received the news that she would have a plane ticket back to her hometown, Ms. Huong was very happy. More happily, she will be supported with an accompanying ticket for relatives. After consideration, she will return to her hometown with her youngest child for Tet this year. Although he wanted to buy more tickets so that the whole family could return to his hometown, due to financial conditions, the father and son had to stay.

"When my youngest child heard the news of flying back to his hometown this Tet, he was very happy and immediately called his grandparents. My grandparents have not been able to see their grandchildren for a long time, I miss them very much, and I am very happy to hear that information," Ms. Huong said.

For nearly 20 years since working away, she has only returned to her hometown to celebrate Tet twice. Travel costs are very expensive, while economic conditions are tight, so for many years, even though I really want to go home for Tet, I had to put that intention aside, the female worker born in 1985 shared.

I heard from the union official that the union is supporting air tickets for workers far from home to return home for Tet, so I signed up. I am very lucky to be one of the people who was given a ticket, said Ms. Huong.

Ms. Huong's family situation is quite difficult. Her husband used to work as a worker, but because no one took him to pick up and drop off his children, he had to quit his job and work as a freelancer, and his income was unstable.

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