(Baonghean.vn) - Thanks to overseas labor, the people of Son Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district (Nghe An) have turned their poor countryside into wealthy villa villages. Not only do they have high-rise buildings along the road, many people have invested in building garden houses worth billions of dong.
In the atmosphere of the whole country competing to work towards the August Revolution and National Day September 2, we had the opportunity to go to Son Thanh to record the villa villages in this land.
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| A villa area in hamlet 10, Son Thanh commune, located next to the poetic N2 canal. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| The owner of this billion-dollar villa is Mr. Nguyen Van Thuan, whose three children are working in Poland. In Son Thanh commune, it is not difficult to see magnificent villas like this. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| Villas along Provincial Road 534. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| The owner of this garden house is old farmer Tran Quoc Chien in hamlet 2, Son Thanh commune. Mr. Chien said that this garden house cost 2.7 billion VND to build, entirely with money from overseas workers. Currently, Mr. Chien's family has 5 children working in Germany. According to Son Thanh people, there are currently 5 houses like this in the commune, all built by local masons. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| Mr. Chien said that the entire house wall was built with unburnt bricks. The wall was built in 2 layers, 30 cm thick, with a 6 cm gap in the middle for soundproofing and heat insulation. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| With money from exporting labor to European countries, Son Thanh people turned hillside lands into high-rise buildings, creating a peaceful and poetic life. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| Mr. Tran Ba Toan - Chairman of the People's Committee of Son Thanh commune proudly said: The locality always has 1,800 children working abroad, mainly 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, not concentrated along Provincial Road 534 running through the commune. Statistics show that the whole commune has 1,700 houses, of which 45% are high-rise buildings, 30% are garden houses, each house is worth billions. Therefore, not only the commune center but also high-rise buildings and garden houses are growing close together at the foot of the hill, as the locality expands the residential area. In the photo: A corner of the residential area of hamlet 7, Son Thanh commune, about 2 km from the commune center. |
Xuan Hoang
