Tet is near, these days, every family and every person is busy cleaning their houses and streets to welcome a new spring.
Clean the house early, have a leisurely Tet
Learning from previous years, on the 28th of Tet holiday, they only started cleaning the house and had so many things to worry about that they were in a hurry. This year, Mr. Nguyen The Hung's family on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street (Hai Duong City) did a general cleaning and decorating of the house about 2 weeks ago. Taking advantage of the weekend, he, his wife and children started cleaning the house and arranging things neatly. The mother and children sorted out old clothes and sent them to charity. Mr. Hung also trimmed the potted plants in the corner of the garden to make them neat and bought a few more flower pots to decorate for the Tet atmosphere.
In particular, this year, Hung's family also made a check-in point at home. He and his eldest daughter went shopping for decorations and looked at samples online before making them themselves. He also set up a tea table in this small corner, so that guests could take photos and sit and chat.
“Usually, my husband and I are both very busy, so we can only clean the house roughly. There are a lot of things to do during Tet, and if we focus on cleaning the house, it will be very time-consuming and tiring. This year, my family proactively cleaned the house early and also took the opportunity to prepare for Tet and decorate the house gradually, so the Tet atmosphere feels like it has come earlier and the whole family doesn't feel as tired because of Tet as in previous years,” said Mr. Hung.
In response to the demand for house cleaning during Tet, for the past half month, rental cleaning groups have also been overwhelmed with work. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue in Hai Tan Ward (Hai Duong City) has been cleaning rental houses for many years and said: “Tet is busier than usual because every family wants to do a general cleaning, not just the usual cleaning. From removing mold, rearranging furniture, washing sofas, carpets, etc., we have to work all day to finish each house. Afraid that we won’t be able to call someone to clean near Tet, many families hired us early, 1-2 weeks ago. From now until the 28th of Tet, our group is already fully booked.”
Near Tet, many people often jokingly say that "international house cleaning day" is coming because of the mentality from the past until now, every Tet, every family has to do a general cleaning of the house to make the house as clean and beautiful as possible. Because this is also the occasion for children from far away to return, friends and relatives to visit each other, wish each other a happy new year, so everyone wants their house to be clean, warm with the atmosphere of Tet coming and spring coming.
Neat and clean streets
Not only in each family but these days, on all the streets and alleys, the general environmental cleaning atmosphere is equally bustling.
Last Sunday afternoon, the Women's Association of Residential Area No. 11, Le Thanh Nghi Ward (Hai Duong City) launched a general cleaning campaign in the Ngo Quyen flower garden area. This flower garden stretches about 300 meters next to Ngo Quyen Street - where Hai Duong City has recently dug up the road and constructed water pipes for many months. This road is usually crowded with traffic and has just been completed, so there is still a lot of dust and dirt. Together with the workers of Hai Duong City Urban Environment Joint Stock Company, the officers and members of the Women's Association of Residential Area No. 11 come out every Saturday morning to clean up the flower garden, sidewalks, and road here. As Tet is coming, the women's association members told each other to sweep away all the dust, dry leaves, and collect trash in this area to make the road and flower garden cleaner and tidier.
Ms. Le Thi Kim Loan, the Branch President, said: “The branch’s folk dance team practices daily in this area, so we maintain a weekly cleaning session every Saturday. In addition, each month the branch also mobilizes more women to work together, both to keep the landscape here green and clean, and to promote and remind surrounding households to maintain public hygiene, especially during this Tet holiday.”
In Viet Hoa ward, the locality also has a good way of mobilizing businesses to join hands. There are currently more than 60 small and medium enterprises in the ward, of which about 40 are members of the ward Business Club. Here, the government and businesses have coordinated very well in many activities, including maintaining the general environmental hygiene. Since storm No. 3, when the ward government announced and called, most businesses here have mobilized human resources to not only clean up their premises but also clean up the surrounding area. It is expected that about a week before Tet, the ward will also mobilize the whole population to do a general cleaning in the ward and will also have the cooperation of businesses.
Not only keeping the city neat and clean but also preparing for Tet, Hai Duong City these days seems to be wearing a “new coat”. Clusters of water lilies have been planted along the Sat River, Truong Thinh sunflower garden is about to open, flower beds along the streets are also being urgently trimmed… along with flags, banners, and slogans hanging all over the streets are making the city more and more beautiful.
Keeping the city clean also requires the day and night efforts of the workers of Hai Duong Urban Environment Joint Stock Company. These Tet holidays are also the hardest days of the year, just after the recent storm No. 3. The amount of waste during Tet is double or triple that of normal days, but the garbage trucks and workers of the company still work hard, peaking from 5pm to midnight, so that the city is clean of garbage again the next morning. Like Tet in many years, they are still dedicated to collecting and cleaning the streets, spring flower markets... until New Year's Eve to keep the city clean.
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