Silent New Year's Eve of the janitors
(Baonghean.vn) - While everyone in the family gathers together to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year, somewhere on the street, in the alley, there is still a silent figure keeping the streets and trees clean and beautiful.
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At nearly 11 p.m. on New Year's Eve, at the corner of Nguyen Canh Chan - Phan Dinh Phung Street (Cua Nam Ward, Vinh City), there were still workers dragging trash cans to the collection point. The weather was cold, but the yellow shirts with reflective strips were still soaked. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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The cleaning team in charge of the market also felt more tired when the market lasted longer than usual. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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In the days before Tet, when people clean their houses to welcome the new year, the amount of garbage is the highest on the 30th of Tet when families throw away old tools and utensils to replace them with new ones, all of which are dumped on the street waiting for environmental sanitation workers to clean up. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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They have to work hard on the last day of the year and throughout the Lunar New Year to ensure that garbage does not accumulate in people's homes or on the streets. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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A rare moment of rest on the roadside. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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Ms. Thanh, environmental sanitation worker group number 1 said: My job requires me to work continuously during Tet holidays, including cleaning the streets before New Year's Eve so that people can go out and celebrate the new year, then continue my work on the bright morning of the first day of Tet. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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On the sidewalk, sanitation workers gathered on a temporary tarpaulin to celebrate New Year's Eve. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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After the New Year greetings on the sidewalk, the sanitation workers continued their work to clean the city so that people could enjoy the first day of the new year. Photo: Thanh Cuong |