Vietnam population and housing census
From: Vsg <vsg-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of g-i -a-o
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2019 8:30 PM
To: David Brown <nworbd@gmail.com>
Cc: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Vietnam population and housing census
Thanks, David.
The economic factor probably explains the situation in Ha Giang and Lai Chau, but not in Bac Lieu.
I mentioned this issue to a friend yesterday. She -- herself from Binh Duong, where 47% of highschool-age people are not in school -- said kids in her home province just don't see the need to go to school. There are so many industrial zones in Binh Duong that the default option for most young people there is to become a factory worker. An average worker can earn VND6 million/month and if they work themselves up to the position of tổ trưởng, production group leader, they can have a monthly income of VND20 million easily. If someone mentions having a college degree in his application for a factory worker position, he'll be automatically rejected.
Vu Thi Quynh Giao
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 11:49 PM David Brown <nworbd@gmail.com> wrote:
School is free and universal thru middle school, and the extra fees not too onerous. To continue into high school, kids must pass a qualification test or be from a family wealthy enough to pay tuition at a private school. Nor is public high school quite 'free' -- there are lots of mandatory fees as well as monetary 'gifts' to teachers, enough to deter many poor families from pushing junior thru high school, let alone into university or vocational higher ed,
Thank you for the link to the census results. David Brown, freelance, California USA
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 2:50 AM g-i -a-o <vtq.giao@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear VSGers,
The final results of the 2019 census have just been released:
http://tongdieutradanso.vn/ket-qua-tong-dieu-tra.html
This is probably my complete ignorance, but I'd always thought that putting people in school wasn't a problem in Vietnam. I was surprised to find out from the census that about 26% of highschool-age Vietnamese are not in school (in Ha Giang, Lai Chau and Bac Lieu, the proportion is well over 50%).
I hope this is useful for your work.
Sincerely,
Giao
Vu Thi Quynh Giao
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
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