The dream of a woman with 3 children who has lived “anonymously” for 37 years in the middle of Hanoi

After 36 years, the mother of three children had a birth certificate and estimated to borrow 10 million dong to open the burden of vermicelli, mother and daughter, and each other to feed each other day by day.

36 years as an “invisible” person

Le Thi Thu Huyen (in Nguyen Khiet street, Phuc Tan ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi) was born in disadvantaged conditions, her mother left when she was born. When Huyen became an adult, she got married and gave birth to 3 children, but she still did not have a birth certificate, so she could not register for marriage and legally receive children.

Wiping away tears, Ms. Huyen confided that on April 26, 1984, she was born at Hang Bun maternity home. At this time, her father, Mr. Le Huy Son (SN 1961), is serving a prison sentence. Immediately after giving birth, Huyen’s mother brought the child to “return” to her grandparents and uncle in Nguyen Khiet Street and then disappeared.

While living with her grandparents and uncle, Ms. Huyen was sent to study at Phuc Tan Primary School, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. At the age of 9, he could no longer go to school. From the time of birth until October 19, 2020 (36 years), Ms. Huyen did not have any identification documents (no birth certificate, no household registration, no identity card).

“I was born without knowing my father’s face, not knowing my mother’s face. After more than a decade, my father served my sentence before I met him. At that time, I also asked my father about my mother, but in his memory, he did not remember anything about my mother, and my father also searched and tried many times to get a birth certificate for me, but he was stuck,” Huyen said.

At the age of 18, she realized that life without papers was too difficult, so Huyen continued to learn the procedures to do the relevant papers, but could not do it because she did not have enough papers. prescribed sheet.

“In 2016 I did a blood DNA test with my father, Mr. Le Huy Son, and searched for information stored at the Hang Bun maternity home. However, after a long time, the maternity house no longer saves any information about my mother’s birth. The Ward People’s Committee asked to prove the mother’s origin, but I really don’t know who the mother is,” Huyen said.

After 36 years, Huyen also got a birth certificate.

According to Ms. Huyen, after that, she also got married in Van Mieu ward (Dong Da, Hanoi), but because she did not have an identity document, she could not register for marriage and apply for a job, so she only worked as a cleaner and hired a cleaner. selling water on the sidewalk. She and her husband had 3 children but were not recognized by law, the first 2 children were born according to the father’s surname, even though they were biological children, but on the birth certificate, they had to be adopted, while the mother’s part was on the child’s birth certificate. then leave it blank.

“When my husband got seriously ill in the third child, the family took a DNA test for the father and son, so the government made a birth certificate for him with his father’s last name and my mother’s name on the birth certificate,” Huyen said.

Not long after completing the birth certificate for her youngest daughter, Huyen’s husband unfortunately passed away in a violent illness, leaving her with 3 children, an already difficult life now even more difficult. Currently, Huyen’s 2 oldest children, about 18 years old, have dropped out of school to work as a sales clerk, the youngest (over 5 years old) is about to enter grade 1 and is living with her mother.

The two oldest children live with their grandparents, Huyen and the youngest daughter go to her grandfather’s house.

“When my husband died, I had to take my youngest daughter to my father’s narrow house on Nguyen Khiet street to live, and my two eldest children lived with their grandparents. At the end of 2021, I was informed about the situation and reported by the press, the authorities at all levels got involved, so on October 20, 2021, after 36 years of waiting, I received my birth certificate and 1 month later I received my birth certificate. citizen identity”, Huyen shared.

Wish to find a stable job

Huyen also said that since receiving the birth certificate and citizen identification, the COVID-19 epidemic has been complicated, so she has not been able to apply for a job. She applied to work at a supermarket without a degree, and when she went to a restaurant, she was far away with a small child.

Every day, Huyen is facilitated by her cousin to lend a motorbike and receive orders to ship goods.

“Every day, my cousin facilitated receipt of orders and lent me a motorbike to ship goods. Some days I get 3 to 4 orders, 1 day, 1 day, I don’t get any. Every time I go to ship goods, I bring my children to send them to my sister,” Huyen said.

The mother of 3 also said that every month with many applications, she earns more than 1 million VND, every month with few applications, she gets 600,000 VND. This meager amount of money, mother and daughter are also convenient to live day to day.

There is no kitchen in the house about 30m2 where Huyen’s father and son live. Huyen’s father is a security guard, so she eats at work, and Huyen’s daughter sometimes cooks for her, otherwise the mother and daughter will eat instant noodles over the day.

“Now I just want to find a stable job to take care of my daughter because she is about to enter 1st grade,” Huyen confided.

Ms. Huyen said that she herself only wishes to borrow 10 million VND to buy utensils and open a bunch of vermicelli noodles to sell at Chau Long market near her house to have money to go to the fields to feed the mother and daughter with porridge. However, with her current situation, it is difficult to borrow from anyone.

Quach Van Nam – a judicial officer of Phuc Tan ward (Hoan Kiem, Hanoi) said that citizen Le Thi Thu Huyen was granted a birth certificate in October 2021.

According to him, this is the result after the review process with the direction of all levels and sectors. Huyen has a very special situation, it can be said that it is rare, Huyen herself was born in a special family. From 2011 to 2020, Huyen married and lived in Van Mieu ward. When her husband died, Huyen brought her small child back to the locality to live.

“She has three children, two grown-up grandchildren, and now she is raising one small child,” said a judicial officer of Phuc Tan ward.