After Tet, Can Tho workers enthusiastically go to work and receive lucky money at the beginning of the year
After the 2026 Binh Ngo Lunar New Year holiday, many businesses in Can Tho City started production, and workers excitedly received lucky money and Tet bonuses.
On February 23, many businesses in Can Tho officially resumed operations after the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026 holiday. The atmosphere at factories and enterprises was bustling, and workers excitedly entered the first working shift of the year with a new spirit.
At HS Vietnam Chemical Co., Ltd. - Soc Trang Branch, more than 1,250 union members and workers have returned to work. The enterprise gives lucky money of 100,000 VND/person on the first working day of the new year.
Worker Tran Khanh Ly, a member of the company's grassroots trade union, said that this is her first year working at the enterprise. Her income is about 5 million VND/month, while her parents are freelancers, life is still difficult, so the concern during Tet is even more meaningful.
I received lucky money at the beginning of the year and before that, I was given a shopping voucher of 500,000 VND at the online Trade Union Tet Market to buy necessities. This is the first time I have received Tet gifts from the company, helping to reduce spending and share some of the difficulties for my family," Ly shared.
According to Mr. Huynh Thanh Hoai - Chairman of the company's grassroots trade union, during the 2026 Lunar New Year, each union member will receive gifts worth about 450,000 VND; 41 union members in difficult circumstances will be supported to buy goods at the online Trade Union Tet Market. The enterprise pays the 13th month salary, pays the unpaid annual leave, increases the regional minimum wage from January 1, 2026 (an increase of 320,000 VND) and rewards 100,000 VND to workers going to work on the first day of the year.
At Soc Trang Urban Works Joint Stock Company, from the 4th day of Tet, waste collection and treatment workers have returned to work to ensure environmental sanitation. In addition to enjoying the regime according to regulations when working during Tet, each person also receives lucky money at the beginning of the year.
Ms. Nguyen Thu Trang - Chairwoman of the Company's Grassroots Trade Union - informed that during the Lunar New Year, the company will give a bonus of the 13th month's salary and an additional bonus of 4 million VND/person; The Trade Union will give gifts to typical workers and those in difficult circumstances, each worth 1 million VND.
According to the report on the organization of the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026 by the People's Committee of Can Tho City, Tet care work has been deployed synchronously, promptly and to the right beneficiaries.
This Tet holiday, the whole city presented 476,301 gifts to policy beneficiaries, people with meritorious services, poor households, near-poor households, social protection beneficiaries, the elderly, children in difficult circumstances, union members, workers, laborers and other vulnerable groups. The total implementation cost is about 246.3 billion VND (including the central and local budgets and socialized sources).
Organizing the "Trade Union Tet Market" Program, awarding 20,000 gifts to union members and workers in difficult circumstances with a total value of 19 billion VND. The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the city and member organizations mobilized to build 76 houses, with a total value of 3.759 billion VND, supporting poor and near-poor households and difficult cases to celebrate Tet in new and spacious houses.
In addition, the "Tet of Compassion" program in 2026 awarded 6,730 gifts, worth 3.444 billion VND. Other Tet care activities, visiting patients and encouraging Tet duty units were implemented with a total budget of 3.825 billion VND.
Regarding the situation of salaries and Tet bonuses at enterprises, most units have bonuses for employees. The highest bonus level recorded 110 million VND/person; the lowest 200,000 VND/person; the average level reached 11.5 million VND/person. Timely payment of salaries and bonuses has contributed to encouraging employees to feel secure in sticking with the enterprise and stabilizing labor relations right from the beginning of the new year.
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