9 years of working to buy 1 motorbike, 1 laptop
Ms. Hoang Thi Van, from Nho Quan district (Ninh Binh), is currently working as an accountant for a company in Nguyen Du ward, Hai Ba Trung district (Hanoi).
After working for 9 years, Ms. Van was able to buy a motorbike and a laptop for work. 2 years ago, when she got married, Ms. Van paid her salary and borrowed more from friends to help her husband find money for the wedding.
Currently, Ms. Van and her husband rent a house in Hai Ba Trung district, living with her younger brother-in-law. room rental price 5 million VND/month, electricity 4,000 VND/room, water 100,000 VND/person/month, not including garbage, Internet fee...
For the Lunar New Year 2025, Ms. Van and her husband will receive a Tet bonus of 15 million VND, the amount of money according to Ms. Van "not enough to take care of the Tet of both parents and children and travel".
"My salary is over 12 million VND/month, my husband's salary is 9.5 million VND/month. Every month, the rent alone has been used up, not to mention electricity and water. I have only been pregnant for 4 months, and I plan to work until I am close to giving birth and then return to my hometown to give birth, and after I am past maternity, I will find a job in my hometown of Hung Yen. If it was difficult, I could stay at the sales house with my mother-in-law. My husband works under a private company, and there is no other policy besides salary, so there are not many constraints. Maybe he will also return to his hometown to do business with my parents-in-law, Ms. Van said.
Regarding the reason for almost no accumulation after 9 years of working, Ms. Van said that before the epidemic, she tried to spend frugally, saving up to buy a few taels of gold each year. After getting sick due to acid reflux, she quit her job and bought more medicine, so she spent it all on her savings.
"I was worried about staying here, when I had children, I would not be able to carry them. No one can come up to look after the grandchild, if they send their children, it will cost them many millions of VND/month, not to mention the diapers for the children...", Ms. Van lamented.
Not returning to the countryside, it is difficult to get married
That is the affirmation of Mr. Le Van Lam, a worker at Tung Minh Mechanical Joint Stock Company (Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi). After 7 years in Hanoi, Mr. Lam said that he has been in love several times, but he does not dare to think about the future in almost any relationship.
"I work all week, with a salary of about 11 million VND/month. I rented a room with 2 friends from the same hometown, the room was so cramped that I didn't dare invite any girlfriends to the room. In the countryside, with an income of more than 10 million VND, it is a good life, but in Hanoi, if you rent a house, electricity, water, and eat, you will not have much left. After 7 years of living in Hanoi, I bought a motorbike for myself, bought furniture in the room such as a refrigerator, rice cooker, hot air... Every month's salary is almost gone, I see that the future is not promising. Recently, my family urged me to return to my hometown because after opening an inter-district road, my family was on the road and could do business. I am seriously thinking about returning to my hometown to open a small mechanical store after many years in the profession, Mr. Lam shared.
The young man from Kim Bang district (Ha Nam) added that if he had not returned to his hometown, he would not really dare to think about getting married if he had stayed in Hanoi. "I still have difficulty supporting myself, I don't dare think about getting married, having children and renting a house in the city. Thinking that life is too difficult, then my wife and children will suffer...", Mr. Lam said.
Mr. Lam's biggest regret was that right after graduating from high school, he did not attend a vocational school as his family's orientation. "If I could learn a card game, have a degree, my job opportunities and income would definitely be better," said Mr. Lam.
According to the General Statistics Office, the unemployment rate among working-age people in 2024 is 2.24%, of which urban areas are 2.53%; rural areas are 2.05%.
The unemployment rate of young people (from 15-24 years old) in the fourth quarter of 2024 is 7.96%, the unemployment rate of young people in urban areas is 9.02%; in rural areas is 7.40%. The rate of unemployed and unemployed youth who do not participate in education and training is 1.3 million youth, accounting for 10.0% of the total number of youth. Of which, the rate of unemployed and unemployed young people in urban areas is 7.4%; rural areas is 11.6%; unemployed young women and unemployed women are 11.4%; men are 8.6%.
The unemployment rate for young people in 2024 is 7.83%, an increase of 0.30 percentage points compared to the previous year.
