February 12, 2018 | 21:09 (GMT+7)
Thousands of free train tickets presented to Southern workers
PANO - Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services One Member Limited Liability Company (MobiFone) has just launched a program themed “Tet nghia tinh - Xuan ket noi 2018” (Tet of gratitude - Spring of connection 2018) to present 1,200 free train tickets to employees working in industrial parks in the Southern provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Long An.
The program aims to help disadvantaged employees return to their homeland before the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year Festival). The company also presented 2,000 bus tickets to employees in Dong Nai province in 2016 and 1,200 train tickets to workers in Ho Chi Minh City in 2017.
The Vietnam Railways arranged two special trains to carry workers. The first train left Ho Chi Minh City for Hanoi at 13.00 on Feb. 11 (December 26 in Lunar Calendar) with 610 workers aboard and the second one will leave Ho Chi Minh City for Da Nang at 13.00 on Feb. 13 (December 28 in Lunar Calendar) with 590 workers.
Translated by Song Anh