VietNamNet Bridge – Unlike previous years, the labor markets in
Hanoi remain quiet, though Tet comes in just three months.
Year end is the time for the
laborers from other provinces to flock to Hanoi to seek part time jobs to earn
money for Tet celebration. The laborers gather in some places in Hanoi,
generating the labor markets in the city. The jobs could be cleaning houses,
repairing machines and equipments, polishing shoes or taking care for babies.
Thirsty for jobs
The labor market the Mai Dich
overpass opens very early in the morning with laborers flocking there to wait
for jobs. They are all from other provinces, who come to look for jobs to earn
their living during the leisure time after the harvest time.
The laborers need to be as agile
as monkeys to scramble with others for jobs. Urbanites tend to choose workers
by chance; therefore, the most dynamic laborers would obtain the jobs.
Thom, a laborer at the market,
complained that she has been cooling her heels here for one week, but she still
has not found any job.
Thom is from Nam Dinh province.
She said that she always has to work hard to feed the two children, while her
husband died. However, the rice field could not bring enough money for basic
needs. Therefore, she has to leave the children at the grandparents after the
harvesting and go to Hanoi to take some extra jobs.
At first, Thom worked as a porter
at the Dong Xuan Market, the biggest wholesale market in Hanoi. However, Thom
has not got many jobs recently, so she has decided to join the Mai Dich
overpass market.
Thom said she would take any jobs
available to earn money. “I don’t know how I can earn my living if I cannot
find jobs in the next days,” Thom said. “It seems that urbanites nowadays tend
to work themselves instead of hiring workers. They may try to save money in the
current big economic difficulties.”
Other labor markets in the city
have also been quiet these days. Hinh, a man from Dan Phuong district in Hanoi
said that he hoped urbanites now begin decorating their houses to celebrate
Tet, so he could get some jobs. However, “I cannot understand why it is so
quiet now at the time of the year,” he said.
Hinh seemed to be luckier than
Thom, because he could earn 90,000 dong from a job yesterday. However, he
complained that he has spent 45,000 dong on meals already, which means that he
cannot save much money for his family members who are still in the home village
and expecting the money from him.
When asked why Hinh does not
think of returning to the home village, if there are few jobs in the city, he
said he believes lucky days are still ahead, because the demand would be higher
on the days closer to Tet holidays.
Phuong, a woman from Phu Tho
province, also said she would not return to the home village. “My husband and I
both are now in Hanoi. My husband is working for a construction site. We will
try to stay here to earn more money to grow my two children,” Phuong said,
though she complained that she has not been given any jobs over the last week.
Where to get money to celebrate Tet?
The immigrant workers thought
that there are many jobs awaiting them in the city, since urbanites would need
workers to help them clean houses and decorate homes for Tet celebration.
However, the job opportunities have not appeared yet.
Sy from Thai Binh said he has got
too tired of waiting for jobs here in Hanoi. His wife is lucky enough when
getting a job washing dishes at a street rice shop, while he still has not been
hired so far. Therefore, the couple has been living on the wife’s money these
days.
“I have only spent money and I
have not earned money so far since I arrived in Hanoi,” he complained.
Bao Han
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