A district in Nghe An has 35 million USD in remittances sent home for Tet.

According to data from the Yen Thanh District Statistics Office, the whole district currently has over 15,000 people working abroad.

A rural corner of Son Thanh commune has been renewed thanks to labor export. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The localities with the largest number of children going to work abroad are: Son Thanh, Vien Thanh, Hong Thanh, Phu Thanh, Lang Thanh, Ma Thanh... Therefore, people in these localities have stable lives, built many high-rise buildings, bought cars and expensive living facilities. Many villages have become villas thanks to working abroad.

Typically, Son Thanh commune always has 1,500 - 1,800 children working in European countries. Mr. Tran Ba ​​Toan - Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune said that during the Lunar New Year, the amount of remittances sent back to the homeland was more than 5.5 million USD, equivalent to 130 billion VND. In particular, there was a family that received 80 thousand USD during this Tet holiday.

Mr. Bui Trong Long - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ma Thanh commune said: This is a house of a local resident built with the money sent back by his child working abroad in Korea. The house was completed at the end of 2018. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Currently, localities in Yen Thanh district are continuing to promote and mobilize their children to work abroad, especially to high-income countries such as Korea, Japan...

According to the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, in 2018, overseas laborers' children in the province sent home 255 million USD in remittances.