It's a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today

It's a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today

It's a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today

It's a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today

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Overview

Through 67 interviews and 59 photographs, It’s a Living reveals the energy and struggle of the world of work in Vietnam today. A goldfish peddler installing aquariums, a business school graduate selling shoes on the sidewalk, a college student running an extensive multi-level sales network, and a promotion girl intent on moving into management are just a few of the people profiled.

Based on frank and freewheeling interviews conducted by students, the book engages a broad range of Vietnamese, both living in Vietnam and abroad, on their feelings about work, life and getting ahead. By providing a ground-level view of the texture of daily working life in the midst of rapid and unsettling change, the book reveals Vietnam today as a place where ordinary people are leveraging whatever assets they have, not just to survive, but to make a better life for themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789971696986
Publisher: Nus Press Pte Ltd
Publication date: 07/01/2013
Pages: 350
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xiv

Acknowledgements xviii

Contents xxii

Contributors xxii

Notes to readers xxvi

Introduction 1

Growing

Farmer 14

Butcher 18

Scrap food collector 24

Bonsai grower 30

Feeding

Rice liquor maker 36

Tào phó maker 39

Chè maker 45

Phó cook 47

Taco truck cook 51

KFC employee 53

Building

Construction worker 60

Surveyor 64

Tea company director 69

Moving

Bus fee collector 74

Railway crossing guard 77

Wounded veteran moving service owner-operator 80

Motorbike parker 83

Tourism company director 85

Making

Statue craftsman 102

Áo dài tailor 106

Garment factory worker 111

Electronics factory worker 115

Artist 118

Art forger 122

Film director 124

Selling

Flower seller 130

Fish seller 134

Adult store salesperson 137

Car dealer 139

Promotion girl 143

Managing

Homemaker 150

Deputy director of strategy 156

Wedding planner 160

Multilevel marketer 165

Street-side shoe seller 167

Investing

Bank employee 174

Pawnshop owner 178

Bookie 181

Lottery ticket seller 184

Chief operations officer 188

Protecting

Rat catcher 196

Security guard 200

Army private 202

Prison inmate 207

Repairing & Recycling

Knife sharpener 214

Electrical appliance repairer 217

Motorbike mechanic 220

Recycler 224

Cleaning

Domestic helper 230

Shoe shiner 234

Laundromat owner 238

Grooming

Barber 244

Scale lady 247

Grey hair plucker 252

Playing

Ball boys 258

Bar manager 261

Karaoke bar owner 264

Mama-san 266

Hotel receptionist 273

Teaching & Learning

Kindergarten teacher 280

Elementary school teacher 284

Calligrapher 287

Buddhist nun 291

Caring

Nurse 298

Masseuse 301

Professional carer 305

Bone cleaner 310

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