Why does the '6-child beauty queen' who owns 80,000m2 of land have to ask her neighbor for electricity and water?
Miss Oanh Yen is living alone on a farm in Dong Nai, facing many inconveniences in her daily life.
Sharing with reporters, beauty Oanh Yen said that she has moved to live alone on a farm in Suoi Dzui, Dong Nai since November 2024.
The original land area is 120,000m22, at the end of 2024, she cut and sold a part to pay off debt, currently there are about 80,000m2She built a level 4 house about 35m22, 5 wells and barn area for livestock.
After Oanh Yen lived in Ho Chi Minh City for a while, the farm became desolate, the flock of nearly 40 sheep died. The land was barren, most of the crops were gone, only a few fruit trees remained.
When she first moved in, she hired people to help her renovate the place. Every day, she spent 6-8 hours cleaning up trash, mowing grass, digging ponds, reinforcing fences... She just bought 2 sheep, a flock of chickens, and planted short-term vegetables such as green cabbage, potatoes, squash, pumpkins...
Life is free, close to nature but quite inconvenient because of lack of electricity and water. Oanh Yen has to ask neighbors for electricity, only enough to light 1-2 light bulbs.
Water pumped from the well is also limited, so she has to minimize personal needs and store many bottles of clean water for cooking, washing her face...
Despite the lack of amenities, Oanh Yen is satisfied that every meal is served with food grown by herself; at night she sleeps on the floor under a mosquito net, enjoying the natural cool breeze without the need for a fan. Every weekend, the children return to Dong Nai to visit their mother.
Oanh Yen is happy with her life as a gardener because she believes she "belongs to nature". Having "left the garden to return to the city" and lived for 9 months in a luxury area in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, she continues to "leave the city to return to the garden" because she misses this place so much.
Oanh Yen is studying part-time in agriculture, forestry and business at two universities. She aims to get a bachelor's degree in two years, then start her own business.
Currently, Oanh Yen has no income, thanks to her grandmother's support with tuition for her two older children; her grandmother and aunts also occasionally give her money for groceries and pocket money.
In the near future, she plans to sell more farm land, reducing the area to 10,000m2.2.
