More than 200 million USD sent to Nghe An rice district every year
(Baonghean.vn) - According to data from the Yen Thanh Statistical Office (Nghe An), the entire district has 15,278 people working abroad, sending home remittances of 200 million USD each year, equivalent to nearly 4.7 trillion VND.
Labor export has been focused on by Yen Thanh district for many years, aiming to reduce poverty and help people get rich.
In fact, thanks to overseas labor, people in many localities: Son Thanh, Vien Thanh, Hong Thanh, Phu Thanh, Lang Thanh... have stable lives, can build high-rise buildings, buy cars and expensive living facilities. Many villages have become villas thanks to overseas labor.
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| The owner of this billion-dong villa is Mr. Nguyen Van Thuan, Son Thanh commune. Mr. Thuan's family currently has 3 children working in Poland. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Typically, Son Thanh commune always has 1,500 - 1,800 children of workers in European countries. Every year, local people send back about 200 billion VND. Thanks to that source of money, people invest in building high-rise buildings and garden houses spread throughout all hamlets.
Mr. Tran Quoc Chien's family in Hamlet 2, Son Thanh Commune has 5 children, both biological and daughters-in-law, who work in Poland and Germany, and send home billions of dong each year. Thanks to that, Mr. Chien was able to build a garden house worth 2.5 billion dong.
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| Hong Thanh commune has 700 - 800 workers abroad, and each year local children send back about 70 billion VND. Thanks to that, people have the conditions to build high-rise buildings. In the photo: A corner of the central hamlet of Hong Thanh commune. Photo: Quang An |
Mr. Phan Minh Khue - Head of the Yen Thanh District Statistics Office said: As of early August 2018, in Yen Thanh district, there were 15,278 people currently working in the following countries: Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Australia, USA, UK, Malaysia...
Every year, Yen Thanh children send back to their homeland 200 million USD, equivalent to nearly 4.7 trillion VND, and it is expected that in the coming years, the amount of remittances sent back will increase. Communes with many children working abroad include: Son Thanh, Vien Thanh, Do Thanh, Phu Thanh, Hong Thanh...
Currently, localities in Yen Thanh district are continuing to promote and mobilize their children to work abroad, especially to high-income countries: Korea, Japan...