Nghe An: Highlights on January 21

*Morning of January 21 (ie 30th of Lunar New Year 2023),Prime Minister Pham Minh ChinhVisit and wish Happy New Year to cadres, doctors, medical staff, and patients being treated at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital; visit and wish Happy New Year to cadres, doctors, medical staff, and patients being treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Hanoi).

At Viet Duc Hospital, the Prime Minister visited and wished a happy new year to patients being treated at the Intensive Care Unit II; and gave gifts to encourage doctors and nurses on duty at the unit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his sympathy to the families of patients being treated at hospitals across the country; hoping that doctors, with the spirit of “Doctors are like kind mothers”, will take care of patients wholeheartedly, selflessly, and purely, so that patients can feel secure and quickly recover and return to work and family.

At the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Dong Anh, Hanoi), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Department; visited and presented gifts to the on-duty team and some patients being treated there.

Speaking and wishing the hospital’s staff, doctors and medical staff a Happy New Year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his emotion when visiting the hospital and witnessing the doctors and medical staff still working hard to take care of people’s health and protect their lives; especially many female doctors and medical staff still put aside family work to work.

On behalf of the Government, the Prime Minister commended and highly appreciated the results that the Hospital has achieved in the past time; hoped that the Hospital would unite and strive to fulfill the noble tasks assigned, promote the spirit of "Bright medical ethics, profound medical theory, good medical skills"; promote the spirit as Uncle Ho taught "Doctors are like kind mothers"; "... love and care for patients like their own blood brothers and sisters, consider their pain as their own pain...".

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits and wishes a happy new year to staff and doctors at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

*In Nghe An, on the afternoon of the 30th of Tet, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province coordinated with the Nghe An Department of Healthprogram organizationVisit and give gifts to patients from poor, near-poor households, and households with especially difficult circumstances who are being treated and celebrate the New Year's Eve of the Year of the Cat 2023 at Nghe An General Friendship Hospital, Nghe An Oncology Hospital and Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

Sharing the specific work of the health sector, the Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province sent the best New Year wishes to medical staff in general and doctors, nurses, technicians and workers at the 3 hospitals in particular: Wishing medical staff and their families a warm, peaceful, happy and successful new year in life.

The delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province and the Nghe An Department of Health visited and presented gifts to medical staff of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital. Photo: Thanh Chung

*Lunar New Year 2023,Border GuardRegularly organize patrols to protect every inch of the sacred land of the Fatherland, maintain social order and safety so that people can enjoy Tet and welcome Spring with peace of mind.

The border terrain is very rugged, so the Border Guard patrol team often has to cross many high mountains and deep streams... Photo: Le Thach

*In Truong Sa archipelago, every year when Tet comes, soldiers and people on the archipelago gather together.wrapping banh chungworshiping the altar of the Fatherland and ancestors. The warm, bustling atmosphere made everyone feel like celebrating Tet at home.

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Danh Hoang, Commander of Sinh Ton Island, shared: More than ten years ago, there were not as many ships visiting the island as there are now, so there was a shortage of ingredients to wrap the cakes. To wrap the banh chung, the soldiers often "put out the fire" by adding square banh chung leaves because there were not enough dong leaves, the cakes at that time still had the characteristic flavor of banh chung leaves. In recent years, there have been more ships from the mainland visiting the island, and the ingredients to wrap the cakes are also more complete, making the soldiers and people feel very happy because they can celebrate Tet like at home...".

Soldiers and residents on Sinh Ton Island wrap banh chung together to celebrate Tet. Photo: Tien Dong

*The 30th of Tet is the occasion when many services make a lot of money, includingcar wash service

Mr. Cuong, owner of Cuong Beo car wash on Duong Van Nga street, Vinh city, said: From the 25th of Tet onwards, the number of customers has doubled, some days almost tripled compared to normal days. Hiring 3 car wash workers, on Tet, he has to roll up his sleeves, help out, and work with the workers.

Although the price of services on Tet holiday increased 2.5 times compared to normal days, having to pay up to 300 thousand VND for 2 cars of the couple, Mr. Hoang Van Hanh, Cua Nam ward, Vinh city is still happy: "They serve us until the morning of the 30th of Tet, so the price increase is understandable."

Motorbike washing service is in high demand near Tet. Photo: Phu Huong

*In contrast to car washers, manypeach and kumquat traderdid not enjoy a full joy on the last day of the old year.

According to the reporter's records, at noon on January 21, the 30th of Tet, many places selling Tet ornamental plants in Vinh City still had a large number of plants, but the number of people asking to buy was not much.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, a Tet kumquat trader, shared: "This year I imported 300 kumquat trees, however, today is the 30th and I have only sold half of them. Now I will keep the price the same, whoever can buy the tree can buy it... This year I have suffered a heavy loss...

There may still be many concerns before saying goodbye to the Year of the Tiger, but hopefully all the worries will pass quickly when the new year comes. I hope happiness and success will knock on the door of every home and every person in the Year of the Cat. Happy New Year.

Many kumquat shops have hung up signs offering the same price for the past few days, but there are still very few buyers. Photo: QA