Workers on their way abroad to work. In Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta, such workers have helped develop household businesses and change the local economic landscape (Photo: VNA) Dong Thap (VNS/VNA) - “Went as employees but return asentrepreneurs” is the motto of Dong Thap province’s labour export programme andit is proving to be effective.
Tran Duy, 25, of An Long communein Tam Nong district, for instance, was from a large, disadvantaged family, andafter finishing high school decided to go and work in Japan.
He worked in the food industryfor three years until November 2018 for an average monthly salary of 30 millionVND (1,300 USD).
Tran Duy, 25, of An Long communein Tam Nong district, for instance, was from a large, disadvantaged family, andafter finishing high school decided to go and work in Japan.
He worked in the food industryfor three years until November 2018 for an average monthly salary of 30 millionVND (1,300 USD).
Duy managed to save 500 millionVND by the time he returned. He said with the knowledge and skills he hadacquired, and the money, he is ready to start a business in his hometown.
On average, a person workingabroad sends home 20-30 million VND a month, helping change the financialcondition of their family.
Bui Thi Tre of Gao Giong communein Cao Lanh district said her son and daughter-in-law went to work in Japanright after the birth of their first child. She had to borrow over 300 millionVND to send them.
“At first they said it wasdifficult since they missed home and their child, and the working hours weredemanding. But now they are used to it and send me around 40 million VND amonth.
“Thanks to the money, I have paidoff the debt and now have a savings account.”
Le Van Thuong of Doc Binh Kieu commune,Thap Muoi district, has two children, both with pharmaceutical intermediatedegrees, working in Japan now.
“At first I did not agree [to letthem go to work in Japan], but they told me they wanted to go there to learnnew things and not just to make money. Then I said ‘yes’."
His children send home around 40million VND a month, which Thuong has been saving up for them so that when theyreturn they will have capital to start their own businesses.
At a year-end meeting recentlywith more than 500 parents whose children are working in Japan, Le Minh Hoan,the Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, said the programme of sendingguest workers abroad under fixed-term contracts has been quite successful asclearly shown by the increase in the number of household businesses.
He said the goal of workingabroad is not solely earning money but also, more importantly, acquiring skillsand knowledge to become entrepreneurs after returning home.
This is a way to generate jobs,improve incomes, stabilise people’s lives and contribute to socio-economicdevelopment, he said.
“You can spend all themoney you have earned but knowledge is something that still stays with you andhelps you earn more money.”
According to statistics from theprovincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, last year 2,007workers were sent overseas, double the target, including 1,400 to Japan.
More than 500 locals are nowattending language classes and waiting for their turn to go. Tam Nong, Cao Lanhand Lap Vo are the three leading localities in terms of sending abroad guestworkers.
Nguyen Thi Minh Tuyet, directorof the Dong Thap Province Employment Service Centre, said the most attractiveplaces for workers are Japan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, and Malaysia. Themost popular industries to work in are interior decoration, mechanicalengineering, seafood processing, and electronics.
She said her centre is workingwith the department and the local administration to find ways to enable workersreturn after working for a few years in Japan to contribute to the province’sdevelopment.
"To do this, it is necessaryto have policies and an environment that enable workers to start their ownbusinesses or attract Japanese enterprises to invest in Dong Thap.”
Dong Thap has pioneered a policythat allows workers to get unsecured loans for going abroad to work. Last yearmore than 1,600 people borrowed 90-100 percent of the money they required forthis from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies.
Besides, the province’s employmentservice centre offers 6.6 million VND each to 1,400 people to attend vocationaland language training classes and getting medical checks and visas to goabroad.-VNS/VNA
On average, a person workingabroad sends home 20-30 million VND a month, helping change the financialcondition of their family.
Bui Thi Tre of Gao Giong communein Cao Lanh district said her son and daughter-in-law went to work in Japanright after the birth of their first child. She had to borrow over 300 millionVND to send them.
“At first they said it wasdifficult since they missed home and their child, and the working hours weredemanding. But now they are used to it and send me around 40 million VND amonth.
“Thanks to the money, I have paidoff the debt and now have a savings account.”
Le Van Thuong of Doc Binh Kieu commune,Thap Muoi district, has two children, both with pharmaceutical intermediatedegrees, working in Japan now.
“At first I did not agree [to letthem go to work in Japan], but they told me they wanted to go there to learnnew things and not just to make money. Then I said ‘yes’."
His children send home around 40million VND a month, which Thuong has been saving up for them so that when theyreturn they will have capital to start their own businesses.
At a year-end meeting recentlywith more than 500 parents whose children are working in Japan, Le Minh Hoan,the Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, said the programme of sendingguest workers abroad under fixed-term contracts has been quite successful asclearly shown by the increase in the number of household businesses.
He said the goal of workingabroad is not solely earning money but also, more importantly, acquiring skillsand knowledge to become entrepreneurs after returning home.
This is a way to generate jobs,improve incomes, stabilise people’s lives and contribute to socio-economicdevelopment, he said.
“You can spend all themoney you have earned but knowledge is something that still stays with you andhelps you earn more money.”
According to statistics from theprovincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, last year 2,007workers were sent overseas, double the target, including 1,400 to Japan.
More than 500 locals are nowattending language classes and waiting for their turn to go. Tam Nong, Cao Lanhand Lap Vo are the three leading localities in terms of sending abroad guestworkers.
Nguyen Thi Minh Tuyet, directorof the Dong Thap Province Employment Service Centre, said the most attractiveplaces for workers are Japan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, and Malaysia. Themost popular industries to work in are interior decoration, mechanicalengineering, seafood processing, and electronics.
She said her centre is workingwith the department and the local administration to find ways to enable workersreturn after working for a few years in Japan to contribute to the province’sdevelopment.
"To do this, it is necessaryto have policies and an environment that enable workers to start their ownbusinesses or attract Japanese enterprises to invest in Dong Thap.”
Dong Thap has pioneered a policythat allows workers to get unsecured loans for going abroad to work. Last yearmore than 1,600 people borrowed 90-100 percent of the money they required forthis from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies.
Besides, the province’s employmentservice centre offers 6.6 million VND each to 1,400 people to attend vocationaland language training classes and getting medical checks and visas to goabroad.-VNS/VNA
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