HCM City offers free bus rides home for Tet
VOV.VN - The buses home for the TET holidays program is designed to give students and needy individuals a safe, comfortable alternative ride home, say representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City Support Centre.
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On the morning of January 17, people, numbering in the thousands, most of them students, gather at the HCM City Youth Culture House to get a free bus ride home for TET. |
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This year’s spring bus program is expected to offer free bus rides to around 4,000. |
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Bus riders stand in line waiting to board. |
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Similar programs are taking place in Hanoi and Danang. |
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Students are excited to return home for TET and spend the holidays with their families, says Nguyen Thi Thao Nguyen from Khanh Hoa Province. |
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Everyone is in a hurry up to get on a bus. |
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This morning, a convoy of 62 busses are transporting around 2,800 from HCM City to Ninh Thuan and even to Hanoi. On January 20, a second convoy will transport another 1,200 riders home. |
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Nguyen Nhat Thanh from Quang Ngai Province says he is saving around US$31 (VND700,000) thanks to the program. |
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Nguyen Van Son, 82, from Phu Yen says he has lived in HCM City for seven years but has not had a chance to return home. He’s happy he can now return home for TET. |
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Tran Thi Le Chi and her two children are going home to Phu Yen to enjoy TET with their relatives. |
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Each passenger gets a gift of US$9 (VND200,000). |
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The program has been sponsored by the HCM City Support Centre since 2012. |
