In recent years, industrial development in the provinces of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen... has created jobs for tens of thousands of workers and laborers from neighboring mountainous provinces, including many workers in the border province of Lang Son.
Traveling along National Highway 1A through Lang Son City and Cao Loc District (Lang Son Province) on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday 2025 (February 2, 2025, the 5th day of Tet), reporters of Lao Dong Newspaper easily encountered many groups of motorbikes going downstream.
Every car is full of stuff, mainly clothes and personal belongings, and some workers do not forget to bring the flavors of their homeland, the flavors of Tet with banh chung, candies...
Mr. To Van Vinh (Gia Cat commune, Cao Loc district) - shared that although he and his wife have only been working as workers at Song Khe - Noi Hoang industrial park in Bac Giang province for exactly 1 year, the family's economy has had more positive changes. "Our family's circumstances are still difficult, so my wife and I are very frugal, working as workers for 1 year also has some extra money, along with that at the end of the year the company gave Tet bonuses and gave both of us a lot of gifts, so this year's Tet is more complete and comfortable. I hope that in the new year everything will go smoothly, the job will be stable and bring in a higher income than last year" - Mr. Vinh confided.
For Mr. Nguyen Van Thang (31 years old, Hoang Dong commune, Lang Son city), Mr. Thang has been away from home for 12 years working in industrial parks in Bac Ninh province, first at Samsung Electronic Vietnam Co., Ltd. (SEV) in Yen Phong industrial park, then at companies in Que Vo 1 industrial park, Thuan Thanh 1 industrial park...
“Although we have changed jobs many times, in general, working as workers like us still has a more stable income than staying at home, enough to cover family expenses and have some savings. As scheduled, every year, on the 4th and 5th of Tet, I and many other workers from Lang Son go back to Bac Ninh and Bac Giang to continue working,” Thang shared.
Talking more about the desire to work as workers in his hometown Lang Son, Mr. Thang and some of his companions nodded: "Of course we want to, there is nothing better. In Huu Lung district (Lang Son) near Bac Giang, a very large industrial park is being built, we are all looking forward to it, in the future we will definitely apply to work there to be closer to home."
