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Dong Nai to focus on factory workers’ social life

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dong Nai province and the Hanoi University of Culture have held a seminar on improving factory workers’ social life in the southern region.
Dong Nai to focus on factory workers’ social life ảnh 1Dong Nai province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hanoi University of Culture held a seminar on improving factory workers’ social life in the southeastern region. (Source: nld.vn)

Dong Nai (VNA) –The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dong Nai province and the HanoiUniversity of Culture have held a seminar on improving factory workers’ sociallife in the southern region.

Dong Nai has the largestindex growth compared to other provinces, attracting about 1 million labourersworking in factories and industrial zones, 70 percent of whom come from otherprovinces, according to the General Statistics Office. 

Although many labourers arefrom Dong Nai, their personal and social lives need more attention and care.Many businesses, for example, have not satisfied entertainment needs of theirworkers or provided them with quality accommodations.

Thousands of workers arerenting rooms in unsafe areas with poor infrastructure to save accommodationcosts.

At the seminar, manyofficials discussed measures to enhance workers’ social life in Dong Nai andneighbouring provinces. More sports halls, libraries, hospitals, schools andcultural houses should be built in the future, they said.

After the seminar, about 80projects were submitted to authorities.-VNA
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