(PLO)- New Year’s Eve is a sacred moment of transition between the old year and the new year, everyone wants to be reunited with their family. However, because of work, duty and other people, many people have to celebrate New Year’s Eve on the roads.
At 0:00 on January 22 (January 1 of the Lunar New Year), just finished the spectacular fireworks to welcome the new year 2023, it is not uncommon for us to see many different jobs starting a new day a year. new. Specific occupations such as environmental workers, laborers, medical staff… and benefactors still quietly bring “Tet to everyone”.
10 years of “giving” Tet to everyone
For more than 10 years, at New Year’s Eve time is also the time when members of the volunteer group “Doctors for the poor” along with young volunteers roam the streets to carry out the journey of Spring of love.
Doctor Le Thanh Nga – leader of the group of Doctors for the Poor, shared: Instead of gathering around the family tray on the night of the 30th, our group did not choose Tet for themselves but chose to bring Tet to everyone.
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Dr. Le Thanh Nga visited and gave Tet gifts to the poor on New Year’s Eve. Photo: TRAN MINH |
“Seeing the smiles and happy tears of the less fortunate people who have to make a living on the street when receiving Tet gifts at the time of New Year’s Eve makes my heart choke.” Russian doctor shared.
Holding Tet gifts and lucky money for the health of the volunteer group, Ms. Le Thi Nhinh (from Binh Thuan province) lamented: “I am a person without a family of my own, only having a family of my own. Every mother is old in the countryside, so I have to go to Saigon to do business to earn money to send back to support my elderly mother.
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Ms. Le Thi Nhan was happy to receive Tet gifts and lucky money bags to wish her good health. Photo: TRAN MINH |
Receiving the gift of Tet on New Year’s Eve, I was very touched and very grateful to the benefactors. In this city, there are many kind hearts, always remembering the less fortunate lives like me. So tonight I don’t feel alone, thank you!”
The sound of bamboo brooms rustling on New Year’s Eve
Then, at many roads, when people started going home after the fireworks to welcome the new year, many forces still had to continue their professional work. Among them, there are many environmental sanitation workers who are still dedicated to their profession.
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After the New Year’s Eve fireworks display, environmental workers begin their New Year’s work. Photo: TRAN MINH |
Huynh Thi Kim Truc (living in District 12) with six years of working with the profession. She is still working diligently sweeping trash in the night, for Ms. Truc this is her duty and also the job of a person working in the environmental industry. Working on New Year’s Eve, seeing that the streets are clean and beautiful, there is no garbage so that people can happily celebrate the “Civilization – clean and beautiful” New Year, so I am very happy and happy for that – Ms. Truc shared.
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| Ms. Huynh Thi Kim Truc, an environmental worker, is quietly working on New Year’s Eve. Photo: TRAN MINH |
“During the New Year holiday, the amount of garbage on the road also increases. Therefore, the work of sweepers like us is also harder. New Year’s Eve for everyone is to be with family, and New Year’s Eve with other people. Sweeping workers like me are the street and the rustling bamboo broom” – Ms. Truc laughed happily.
TRAN MINH