From Xinhua
HANOI — Nguyen Thi Mong Van, a 24-year-old accounting graduate in Hanoi, has found a job as an accountant in a local public kindergarten here and said she is happy with her work.
Classroom in Vietnam (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
“Despite low salary, my position is a dream of many others as it is stable,” Van said, adding that her salary during her probation period is around 1.7 million Vietnamese dong (80 U.S. dollars) a month.
She said that after her probation, her salary will be raised to over 2 million Vietnamese dong (95 U.S. dollars) per month.
Vietnamese people prefer working in state-run institutions since most of them equate working in government as insurance for their future. They are saying that working in government is more stable compared to the private sector.
This preference for state institutions is not a new phenomenon but is deeply rooted in the Vietnamese psyche.
Nguyen Van Choan, 44, from northern Nam Dinh province, said that her nephew, who took an entrance exam to university this year, is expected to work in a state-run agency or company after graduation following the aspiration of the whole family.
In a recruitment of the Hanoi Tax Department in mid-August, long lines of applicants with their resumes were queuing outside the building, most of them eager to start a career in the state- run agency.
Those who are now working in state offices and those who are still aspiring to get hired in the government share a common belief about working in government: it provides good income, stability, time flexibility, more benefits and the chance to get promoted as one gets older.
Stability is definitely the No. 1 consideration for working in government because the government institutions seldom lay off employees, Van said.
“To most Vietnamese, state employment means you don’t have to worry about being fired and one is guaranteed of pension after retirement,” said Van.
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