The commune has 40 billion VND in remittances sent home during Tet.

Son Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District regularly has from 1,700 to 1,800 children of workers abroad, most of whom are in developed countries: Germany, England, Poland, Czechoslovakia...

A corner of Son Thanh commune residential area. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Nguyen Tri Hoa - Secretary of the Party Committee of Son Thanh commune proudly said: During the 2018 Tet holiday, the children in the commune sent home about 40 billion VND in remittances. Thanks to that source of income, the people of Son Thanh commune bought many expensive household items: TVs, refrigerators, motorbikes, cars... to renovate their houses, so all the villages were bustling during the Tet holidays.

Many families have many children working abroad, bringing in high incomes, such as: Mr. Tran Quoc Chien's family in hamlet 2 has 5 children working in Germany; Mr. Le Van Du's family in hamlet 10 has 6 children working in Germany; Mr. Cao Viet Tien's family in hamlet 6 currently has 5 children working in Poland.

With the money from overseas workers, people in Son Thanh commune have invested in building spacious houses worth billions of dong. In the photo: The garden house of Mr. Tran Quoc Chien's family, hamlet 2, Son Thanh commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

According to Mr. Nguyen Tri Hoa - Secretary of the Commune Party Committee, it is estimated that each year Son Thanh's children working abroad send back home about 200 billion VND. From that capital, people in the commune invest in building high-rise buildings, buying cars and many expensive household items.

Currently, the commune has nearly 60 new cars, 22 trucks, and 45% of the houses in the commune are high-rise buildings.

In particular, the average income per capita of Son Thanh commune reached 52 million VND/person/year, one of the communes with high income in rural areas in Nghe An.