On the occasion of the anniversary of the Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - 2026) and the International Workers’ Day on May 1, on the morning of April 27, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and a central delegation visited and encouraged workers and laborers in Ho Chi Minh City.

Also attending were Politburo members, Secretariat members, members of the Party Central Committee, leaders of the Party, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, as well as leaders of central ministries, sectors, mass organizations, and Ho Chi Minh City.

After hearing a report from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and listening to opinions from worker representatives, the General Secretary expressed his deep emotion at the simple yet meaningful stories shared. These ordinary aspects of life reflect the beauty of Vietnamese workers today: diligence, perseverance, resilience, responsibility, and strong bonds with their families, colleagues, enterprises, trade unions, and the country.

He noted with satisfaction that in recent times, trade union organizations at all levels, the authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, enterprises, and the wider community have carried out many practical activities to care for workers and laborers. Various programs on housing support, healthcare, gifts for disadvantaged workers, support for workers’ children, and assistance for those suffering from serious illnesses, workplace accidents, or job losses have been implemented. Although these efforts may not resolve all difficulties, they are warm and humane, reflecting the good nature of the system and ensuring that no one is left behind.

Sharing the hardships and shortages still faced by workers, the Party General Secretary emphasized the need to face reality directly, listen carefully, and address issues with both responsibility and compassion. Caring for workers is not merely about providing material support during holidays and Tet; more importantly, it is about creating stable jobs, better incomes, safer working environments, more decent housing, accessible schools, nearby healthcare services, and richer cultural and spiritual life. Workers must enjoy increasingly better living conditions, commensurate with their significant contributions to enterprises, the city, and the country.

He affirmed that the Party and the State always identify the working class as a crucial force in the cause of national construction and defense. Throughout all revolutionary stages, Vietnamese workers have been present in the most challenging places, on construction sites, in factories, industrial zones, and across production, services, transport, technology, and manufacturing sectors. Their hands, intellect, sweat, and creativity have contributed to the country’s development achievements.

The Party General Secretary suggested that Ho Chi Minh City continue to regard the care of workers’ lives as an important, regular, and long-term political task. The city needs to further review demands for social housing, worker accommodation, schools, kindergartens, medical stations, cultural institutions, and community spaces in industrial parks, export processing zones, and areas with large worker populations. The goal is to ensure that workers not only have jobs but also stable housing; not only income but also conditions to raise their children; not only work but also time and space for rest, study, recreation, and spiritual development.

He required that trade unions at all levels become closer to workers, understand them better, speak on their behalf, and effectively protect their legitimate rights and interests. Trade unions must be present in a timely manner when workers face difficulties, illness, wage arrears, unemployment, workplace accidents, or life challenges. They should not only organize movements but truly serve as a warm home and a reliable support for members and workers.

Enterprises and employers, he stressed, must continue to pay greater attention to their workers. Sustainable business development requires caring for employees, ensuring wages, welfare, working conditions, and occupational safety; listening to initiatives, respecting dignity, and creating opportunities for training and skill improvement. When workers feel secure, attached, and proud of their workplace, enterprises will become stronger, more stable, and develop more sustainably.

The General Secretary noted that the country is entering a new stage of development with many opportunities but also numerous challenges. Science and technology are evolving rapidly, while demands for productivity, quality, and professional skills are increasingly high.

He expressed his hope that workers will continue to maintain confidence, solidarity, and determination to rise; actively learn new skills, improve their professional capacity, cultivate industrial working styles, labor discipline, digital skills, and foreign languages where possible. Each worker should strive to acquire at least one new skill, improve daily performance, and boldly propose initiatives, technical improvements, resource savings, safety measures, and product quality enhancement.

He emphasized that innovation is not something distant. It can start from a more efficient operation, a more scientific production arrangement, or an idea that saves time, reduces accidents, eases workload, and increases productivity. Such simple initiatives, if valued and replicated, can generate great strength for enterprises and the economy.

The Party General Secretary highlightead that despite ongoing difficulties, workers continue to maintain their health, care for their families, raise their children, and live with compassion, solidarity, and mutual support in boarding houses, workshops, and communities. Vietnamese workers are not only skilled in labor but also admirable for their humanity, solidarity, and willingness to share in difficult times.

He shared that behind growth indicators, factories, industrial zones, and production lines lie the very real lives of each worker, each family, and each child of workers. Every sound policy, practical action, and timely support can help a family overcome hardship, give strength to a patient, enable a child to attend school, and strengthen a worker’s confidence in the future.

With the tradition of compassion of Ho Chi Minh City and the responsibility of Party committees, authorities, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, trade unions, enterprises, and society as a whole, the Party General Secretary expressed confidence that the lives of workers and laborers will continue to improve. Workers in Ho Chi Minh City will further promote their traditions of diligence, creativity, compassion, and solidarity, while caring well for their families and making worthy contributions to the development of the city named after President Ho Chi Minh and the beloved country of Vietnam.