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HCM City readies supports for disadvantaged students during Tet

The Student Assistance Centre of Ho Chi Minh City is set to carry out activities to support disadvantaged students during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).
HCM City readies supports for disadvantaged students during Tet ảnh 1People buy train tickets for the 2017 Lunar New Year holidat at the Saigon Railway Station (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Student Assistance Centre of Ho Chi Minh City is set tocarry out activities to support disadvantaged students during the Lunar NewYear holiday (Tet).

Up to 5,000 coach tickets will be presented toless privileged students, as well as workers, to help them reunite with theirfamilies in central, Central Highlands and southwestern regions.

The programme targets university students andworkers whose hometowns are the central provinces suffering from recent floods.

Meanwhile, gatherings and arts activities willbe held for those who are unable to leave or want to stay in the city duringTet – the biggest traditional festival in Vietnam. About 2,000 gift packageswill be given to students with disadvantaged backgrounds.

The assistance centre said it will liaise withlocal businesses to provide 5,000 part-time jobs for university students duringTet.

Homeless children, orphans and primary studentsin outlying areas will also receive Tet gifts, the centre noted, adding thatstudent volunteers will invite locals to donate gifts to theunderprivileged.-VNA
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