The “labor export” village in Ha Tinh is lonely and lifeless
Cuong Gian was originally a poor coastal fishing village of Nghi Xuan district (Ha Tinh province). People here are flooded all year round with the sea and boat nets. The land in this place is covered with white sand, so it is difficult for poor farmers to stick to the sea to cultivate other short-term agricultural crops.
Cuong Gian reaches out to become a billionaire village thanks to people in the village to export labor
In the 1990s, a group of young people in the village of Cuong Gian pioneered a way out of poverty by exporting labor in Korea, Taiwan… This opened the way for this village to become a “billionaire” village. Thanks to remittances from overseas workers, Cuong Gian village changed skin, many families quickly escaped poverty and became better off. Every house has a car, land, vast fields and gardens… The roads are spacious, clean, and the rows of high-rise villas and villas are built closely with money sent by foreign workers.
Villas sprang up close to each other
Seeing that the people who went abroad were doing well, many people followed. In recent years, the labor export movement has become more and more popular, many young people have started working in Korea, Taiwan, China, Malaysia… According to Mr. Tran Duc Lam (Secretary of the Party Committee of Cuong Commune). Cockroaches), Cuong Gian village has about 2,700 people living and working outside. Among them, many people have settled in foreign lands. On average, each laborer sends home about 700 USD/month to his family, every year the entire number of overseas workers sends over 400 billion VND.
However, that means that when you come to Cuong Gian today, you can only see a lonely, deserted scene despite being rich like in the street. Most of the youth and young people go to work abroad, leaving only the elderly and children in the village. Even, many majestic high-rise villas are always in a state of closed doors, no people living. Not to mention, the shops are sparse, partly because of the absence of customers, partly because of the lack of human resources to look after the restaurant…
Cuong Gian village is deserted and lonely.
More importantly, according to local statistics, at present, in Cuong Gian commune, there are over 200 divorced couples, even, in a family with 3 couples, “everyone goes their separate ways”. . Most of these divorce cases involve spouses returning from abroad. In many families, both parents are abroad, the children are left to their grandparents, the fields are neglected and abandoned for many years. Both the elderly and young children lack attention and care despite being at a sensitive age.
Dong Ky billionaire craft village is in danger of being wiped out because there are no customers
In the 2000s, no one could not hear the name of the richest village in Bac Ninh thanks to the hot development of handicrafts. That was Dong Ky village, Dong Quang commune, Tu Son district, now Dong Ky ward, at that time this village was considered a key economic area of Tu Son district and Bac Ninh province.
Dong Ky village prospered with carpentry, the richest in the Northern Delta
In the three years from 2000 to 2003, nearly 500 handicraft enterprises were born. Following that, hundreds of giants and directors also appeared. At this time, walking along the roads to the village, everywhere you can hear the sound of chisels, saws, saws and saws. The handicraft shops line up in long lines, the goods are filled with eye-catching goods, the buyers and sellers are extremely busy. The main export market of the products here is China.
If you eat well, the life of the people in Dong Ky village flourishes like a kite in the wind. People here race to build villas, houses with billions of dollars, buy cars, buy ornamental plants… Going in the middle of the village at that time, many people were surprised because the abundance and wealth was no different from big cities. The roads and houses are spacious, people are busy buying and selling handicrafts from early morning until late at night.
Once very crowded, Dong Ky village is now extremely deserted.
However, in the past 5 years, coming to Dong Ky, many people can’t help but be surprised by the quiet state of business here. The business situation of Dong Ky wooden handicraft village is falling into a state of loss of revenue, difficulties in product consumption, and production products are stagnant and sluggish.
The market froze, Chinese partners temporarily stopped importing products, so the goods were stagnant. Stores have closed in mass, many factories are no longer operating. Every house only produces in moderation, some factories only have 1-2 workers, some factories are temporarily closed. Even, many families fell into default, empty-handed, were forced by banks.
In September 2019, sharing with the press, Mr. Duong Duc Sinh, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Dong Ky Ward, said that Dong Ky only had about 100 businesses dealing in wood and producing fine art furniture. More than 40% of households and owners of production facilities have given up their traditional jobs to switch to other business activities to endure and pay off bank loans.
The craft village is no longer developed, the young people in the village also move to the big city to find opportunities or work in factories, industrial parks… the richness of the village is replaced by a color that completely disintegrates compared to the 2000 period. However, the facilities here are still spacious, reminiscent of a golden age of the people of Dong Ky village.
The billionaire society thanks to pepper suddenly became gloomy because of the price drop
Nam N’giang is a commune that grows the most pepper in Dak Nong province, the life of the people here is associated with pepper and the price of this agricultural product. About 3 years ago, pepper price suddenly increased sharply, to 200,000 VND/kg, making Nam N’giang commune (Dak Nong province) a hot spot for economic development.
Thanks to pepper, Nam N’Jang commune became the locality with the richest people in Dak Nong province
At the time when pepper prices increased, the life of the people here was like a flood and poverty was turning to a new page. The whole commune has hundreds of families who buy cars, build luxury houses, and become billionaires thanks to pepper. Along with that, entertainment services are springing up more and more, commercial centers and shopping areas are extremely busy. At this time, people compare the center of Nam N’giang commune to a district town. When the economy is rich, many families send their children to schools in big cities. Every family builds a house, buys a car, and often goes to restaurants.
However, after only a short time, the bustling and affluent scene became extremely gloomy and depressed because the price of pepper continuously dropped to less than 50,000 VND/kg to the surprise of many people. Falling prices, the life of farmers here fell into a precarious situation.
Villa for sale in Nam N’Jang . village
The bustling scene of shopping, shops, and entertainment areas is only in the subconscious. The kiosks are closed, restaurants, barber shops, hairdressers are closed, and the premises will be returned. Many villas and high-rise buildings have to be sold with sale signs because the owners are empty-handed, owe the bank… From the place where there are more than 300 cars in the whole commune, now there are less than 100 cars left here.
From one of the richest communes in Dak Nong province, now in Nam N’giang, the poverty rate is still quite high. Mr. Nguyen Minh Sang, Party Secretary of Nam N’giang commune, said that currently, about 70% of young people in the commune of working age have gone to look for work in big cities.
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