Beautiful female landlord goes to great lengths to find work for tenants

After Tet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Hong (37 years old, Tan Tao A ward, Binh Tan district, Ho Chi Minh City) went to each room to ask about the work situation of the tenants in the area and then contacted businesses and production facilities near her house that needed to recruit workers to connect with jobs.

nu-chu-tro_Xuan-Truong — Ms. Hong organizes many entertainment programs for children of workers and tenants on holidays and Tet (Photo: NVCC).

"I always consider my tenants as my family. Seeing them lose their jobs and have to live on tight budgets makes me very anxious, so if there is any way to help workers find work, I do it right away, without thinking," Ms. Hong confided.

According to Ms. Hong, after Tet, she proactively connected with the Binh Tan District Labor Federation, District 8 Job Center and a number of manufacturing enterprises in Binh Tan District.

Other practical support: For many years now, Ms. Hong has kept the rental price stable at 1 - 1.1 million VND/room/month. For many workers who have lost their jobs and cannot pay rent, she has deferred the rent until they have jobs and income, then pay later.

cong-nhan-o-tro_Xuan-Truong — Mr. Ngo Van Cuong, Secretary of the Central Youth Union, visited workers at Ms. Hong's boarding house and provided financial support for room repairs and free room rent for 1 year for 2 households (Photo: NVCC).

This year, the female landlord hopes that the jobs and incomes of her tenants will improve, so that the children of working-class families can get a good education.

"I am trying to act as a bridge to receive processed goods from production facilities in the ward for the workers in the boarding house where I work. I just hope there will be more jobs and more processed goods so that the poor can have jobs and stable income to stay," Ms. Hong explained.

Similar to Ms. Hong, after Tet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Bon, the owner of a nearly 100-room boarding house in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, has been extremely busy. Every day, Ms. Bon goes to each room to ask about the employment and income of the tenants.

She always shares and supports materially and spiritually those in need and actively connects and introduces jobs to unemployed workers. For those who are renting and have no jobs, she takes contact information and sends it to the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Federation, job counseling and referral centers and some businesses in the area to help them find stable jobs.

Ms. Huong (43 years old, from Thua Thien Hue) shared: "After the Covid-19 pandemic, my family's life was very difficult because there was no job. The landlady introduced me to work as a waitress at a restaurant near my place, so I was stable. Not only did she introduce me to a job, but the landlady was also very enthusiastic about connecting and supporting unemployed people."

Similarly, in the days after Tet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Thuong (49 years old), a landlord in Phuoc Long A ward, Thu Duc city, Ho Chi Minh city, regularly visited workers about their employment situation and then connected with businesses and production facilities in the ward to introduce them to unemployed workers.

Ms. Thuong said that she used to be a worker at Phong Phu Textile Factory. Therefore, she understands the difficulties that migrant workers face, especially those who have lost their jobs and have no source of income.

Although many kind female landlords care, support materially, spiritually and find jobs for tenants, the lives of workers from other provinces are still difficult. Therefore, in 2024, female landlords all hope that tenants will have stable jobs and incomes.

lao-dong_Xuan-Truong — Ms. Huong (43 years old, from Thua Thien Hue) has lived in a rented house in Ho Chi Minh City for many years (Photo: Xuan Truong).

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Federation, female landlords are the ones who directly contact, comfort, share and support workers when they encounter difficulties. Not only providing material support, they also encourage and support workers and laborers in integrating into urban life.

Many workers stay at the boarding house not only because of their needs but also because of the good feelings that the boarding house owners have for the workers.

To date, in Ho Chi Minh City, there are 173 female landlord clubs with 4,014 members. Trade unions at all levels have established and maintained 1,304 self-managed worker groups with more than 98,000 workers.

Self-managed worker groups and landlords have joined hands to build models of "Green, clean, beautiful boarding houses" and "Civilized and affectionate boarding houses", contributing to diversifying forms of mobilizing to build a cultural life for migrant workers.

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