Ma Thi Di (Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province) - the main character in the documentary film Children in the Mist by director Ha Le Diem shared emotional stories about her life in the talk show "Out of the Mist" organized by the Vietnam Women's Museum.

- Many Mong girls around 13, 14 years old want to get married, why does Di oppose the custom of wife capture?

At home, I couldn't help my parents at all. When I was scolded, I got sad, angry, and argued back. Even though the guy's family agreed, I felt like I wasn't mature enough to be his wife.

I want to go to school, if I have a husband and still go to school, my friends will avoid me.

Ma Thi Di at the talk show 'Step out of the mist'.

- What difficulties do Di and her peers face?

Where I live, many women are still not protected, face many difficulties, they cannot fulfill their dreams.

At my age or even younger, some of you were forced by your parents to get married, not allowed to go to school, and even couldn't get a job to help support your family.

Parents' prohibition makes you feel unloved, unsupported, and unencouraged by your family, so you leave.

- Can you reveal a little about your husband? Did you two come together through the custom of wife-pulling?

My husband and I live close to each other, we got to know each other and liked each other, then we moved in together. I followed my husband home without anyone pulling me. My husband is 26 years old.

- My husband is 7 years older, this is also quite special for Mong people?

When I came to my husband, I did not follow the custom of taking the wife, I came back by myself, and was talked about a lot, and he was much older. But I ignored it all, just wanted to find someone who loved, understood and together we tried to build a future.

My husband's parents worked very hard but both of them sent their children to college, it was a good foundation, I had nothing to worry about.

We came home together to realize our dreams. I started a brocade weaving business. At home, I worked in tourism . After the movie Children in the Mist , I became known to everyone and had easier access to development opportunities.

- In the movie Children in the Mist, when asked "what will you do when you grow up", Di said she didn't know, what about now?

Now I have a family so my current dream is to develop culture and preserve national identity.

I want to open a homestay, then I can create jobs for women around me. Exploiting local cultural capital for tourism is the best way to preserve national identity.

When women have jobs and are financially stable , they will be more respected by their husbands. Because many women in the highlands still suffer from domestic violence.

The women here admire my mother because I take her everywhere. Although my father still drinks a lot, he still loves and cares for my mother.

Many women want to have such a life, so I think if I succeed, I will help women here gain more knowledge, get in touch with people outside, and know that there are many interesting things in the world out there.

Thanks to appearing in director Ha Le Diem's ​​film, I got to travel to many places and realized that I still lack many things. I will go back to school to gain new knowledge.

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