VietNamNet Bridge - Happy days of cohabitation end very
quickly, leaving the consequences on female workers.
Those who live in the inns near
Phuoc Long market in Phuoc Long B Ward, District 9, HCM City all know about the
story of the couple named Vi and Ly, who are workers of a company in the Tan
Thuan Export Processing Zone.
Vi and Ly used to be students of
the same college. In love for a time, they rent a room to live together and
tragedy arose from it.
Without proper knowledge about
safe sex and contraception, Vi got pregnant but she did not know about it.
During that time, she still took contraceptive pills and antipyretics so the
baby was affected. When the baby was three months old, he had high fever. The
couple took the boy to the hospital and knew that he was retarded.
Vi said, after giving birth, she
could not do anything because the baby was sick constantly. Ly’s salary was not
enough to cover the cost of living. Vi opened a small grocery at the dorm room
to make a little extra money and to take care of the child at home.
After a short period of time, she
sent the child to a school for mentally-retarded children with monthly fee of
VND1 million ($50) but the child was sick very often.
"Our life always revolves
around money to pay rent, tuition for our child resulting in family conflicts,
especially when my husband has to send money home to his parents. Many times I
felt very tired and wanted to break up but I still love him and we have a child
already..."
The couple has lived together for
over 5 years and they are still not married. With a four-year-old child who is
sick all the time, their life is more extreme.
The innocent children
Freetrend company in Linh Trung
EPZ 1, HCM City has many workers who gave birth and left their babies in the
toilets. Many innocent babies died.
Phuong, a worker at Freetrend,
lived together with her boyfriend in a rent room. The happy life lasted for a
few months. The couple then fell in repeated conflicts, which arose from
difficulties in life. The conflict reached the peak when Phuong told her boyfriend
that she was pregnant.
The "husband"
immediately moved to another place. Phuong could not make abortion because the
baby was too big. She went to the company with the abdomen wrapped around by
cloth. Until the day of birth, because of the fear and shame, Phuong decided to
throw the baby in the trash at the company. When people found the baby, the
baby was dead.
In another case, during working
hours, a female worker was tired so she asked her manager’s permission to leave
but just few steps out the door, the woman fainted and blood ran from her body.
At the hospital, doctors determined that she had delivered a baby a few minutes
ago. The company’s guards searched the toilet and found the dead baby in the
trash.
Such tragic stories are not rare
in industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City.
Marriage in hell
Lack of knowledge about safe sex,
Ngoc, a worker of Freetrend company had to endure an unhappy marriage.
At the age of 18, Ngoc went from
Dong Nai to Ho Chi Minh City to become a worker. A few months later, she
acquainted Thinh, also a work and they decided to live together.
Too young and giving up school
early so Ngoc did not have any knowledge about safe sex. Until the pregnancy
was more than three months, she knew about it. A wedding took place quickly
after that. Experiencing the life after the wedding, Ngoc regretted for her
folly.
The married life is not easy
because they came together too quickly and did not have time to know thoroughly
about each other. Thinh was gentle and hard-working but very paternalistic. He
decided to return to the countryside without consulting Ngoc. "Sometimes I
wanted to break up but then I thought that it was my fault. I have a child so I
cannot live on my own anymore," Ngoc said.
Even when they marry, happiness
does not come to the couples who cohabited before marriage. Hanh and Thuy,
workers of CCHTop Co. in Tan Tao Industrial Zone, broke up 5 months after their
wedding surprised many people.
Everyone knows that they were in
love and lived together for a long time before they married. During this time,
Thuy had an abortion three times. After many days of struggle and overcoming
hardships, they were married. But a month later, Thuy knew that she would never
be a mother as a result of the abortion. Sadnees and Thuy’s unprovoked jealousy
turn the marriage into hell. They decided to break up after five months.
Ms. Ngo Loi Loi, Head of Human
Resources Department of Freetrend, said that every month, the company handles
maternity policy for 600 women. In particular, one half of the birth
certificates were not filed with the name of the father.
NLD
Business & Investment Opportunities
Saigon Business Corporation Pte Ltd (SBC) is incorporated in Singapore since 1994. As Your Business Companion, we propose a range of services in Strategy, Investment and Management, focusing Health care and Life Science with expertise in ASEAN 's area. We are currently changing the platform of www.yourvietnamexpert.com, if any request, please, contact directly Dr Christian SIODMAK, business strategist, owner and CEO of SBC at christian.siodmak@gmail.com. Many thanks.
No comments:
Post a Comment