Hanoi (VNA) – Guest workers have made a big source of cash, however, they have also suffered adverse impacts on themselves and their families as well.
This was one of the outcomes of a study on the impacts of labour exports on family life in the Red river delta province of Thai Binh that was introduced at a seminar in Hanoi on August 6.
The study was part of the project “Safe return: behavioral and custom changes in Vietnam” which was jointly carried out by the Vietnam-based HealthBridge Canada and the Thai Binh authorities with the aim of minimising the vulnerability of female guest workers to HIV/AIDS infection.
The study, conducted at Vu Lang, Dong Phong, Dong Tan and Hong Chau communes and Thai Binh city, found changes in consciousness, spousal behaviors, and psychological effects on children and marriages in families of guest workers.
Thai Binh is one of the country’s pioneers in exporting labourers. It sent 2,900 people, mainly women, abroad a year between 2002 and 2005, and plans to send between 2,500-3,000 people a year from now to 2010.
As a result, participants called on the State to intensify its management over labour export companies as well as communication campaigns to raise the public understanding of the role and contributions of guest workers.
They said labour export companies need to join hands with local authorities, and women’s unions at all levels in education and supporting programmes for female guest workers and their families to help lessen negative impacts on their spiritual and material life.-Enditem
Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
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