Students work hard at part-time jobs hoping to earn a few million dong during Tet.

TPO - Instead of returning home early, many university students choose to stay in Hanoi to work part-time until the days leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year), aiming to earn a few million dong after more than a week of work.

TPO - Instead of returning home early, many university students choose to stay in Hanoi to work part-time until the days leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year), aiming to earn a few million dong after more than a week of work.

With the Lunar New Year holiday starting early, many students are working part-time in the days leading up to the holiday. Photo: Do ​​Hop

Van Dung, a second-year student atFPT College, chose to stay in Hanoi to work part-time until the Lunar New Year.

Dung works as a beBike driver, working up to 15 hours a day. This has been his part-time job since he moved from Thai Binh to Hanoi to attend university a few years ago. On weekdays, depending on his class schedule, Dung drives to earn extra money to cover his rent and living expenses, but from the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, he has a day off from school and drives all day. In the first few days, he worked from 7 am to 12 am, earning only double his usual daily wage (around 500,000-800,000 VND per day).

"I drive all day, even though the price increases during peak hours, the roads in Hanoi are very crowded during Tet, so the profit is only slightly better than usual. But I try to work until the 28th of Tet and then drive back to my hometown. Considering I'll have to pay for rent and food after Tet, I want to take advantage of this opportunity to earn some extra money. After Tet, it will be difficult to drive all day even if I wanted to," Dung said.

Dũng said that if he works hard until close to Tet, he can earn about 5-6 million VND, which is more than he earned in a whole month before, so he has to try his best.

This year, Thu Huong (Hoai Duc, Hanoi), a second-year student at Vietnam National University, chose to work extra hours before Tet instead of going home. While her friends had been leaving the city for over a week, Huong took on more hours than usual: "I'm selling shoes and sandals for a friend from my hometown. I earn 700,000 VND per day. I'll be working eight days in total, so I'll earn a decent amount," Huong said.

Having the holiday break quite early, starting on the 22nd, Van Thanh (from Thanh Thuy, Phu Tho) took on jobs such as industrial cleaning or painting with two elderly people from his hometown. On average, Thanh earned 550,000-800,000 VND per day. After the 24th of Tet, his earnings increased to 1.2 million VND per day.

"Because the pay is quite high, even though the work is hard, and I only work 8 hours a day to earn a large sum of money, last year and this year I tried to work until after the 27th of Tet before going home," Thanh shared.

Originally from Me Linh district, Hanoi, Nguyen Thao, a final-year student at the Banking Academy, finished her last shift at a Korean cosmetics company on the 28th day of the Lunar New Year. Thao's job was to process online orders. She said that on weekdays she only works 2-3 hours, but on holidays, each shift lasts 6 hours, and she can choose morning, afternoon, or evening shifts. For each shift, Thao is paid 600,000 VND or more, depending on the time of year. In total, during the week leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year), she earned approximately 7-8 million VND.

According to students, the reason for working part-time during Tet (Lunar New Year) is to earn extra income to cover tuition fees and help their parents financially, as Tet involves significant expenses.

"Seeing my friends packing their bags to go home early makes me feel a little sad, but I want to help my parents, so I have to try my best," Thảo said.

As for Thanh, after receiving his extra pay, he planned to give some money to his mother, exchange it for lucky money, and buy some delicious sweets, snacks, and veal sausage for the whole family to enjoy during Tet.

Meanwhile, although her family wasn't particularly poor, Thu Huong still wanted to support herself financially in the city. The student, who hails from the outskirts of Hanoi, believed that her parents could take care of the preparations and shopping for Tet at home.

"When they first heard I was going to work part-time, my parents didn't agree. But I convinced them that the pay was high during this period, and the savings would be enough to prepare for the IELTS exam after Tet, so my mother agreed," Huong said.

Besides income, many students share that part-time jobs help them learn management skills, patience, and problem-solving abilities. Van Dung, a second-year student at FPT College, believes these are all essential skills for students like him.

"Hearing about the recent incident where a delivery driver was assaulted, which caused a public uproar, my parents were scared and called me to tell me to come home, but I still tried to work until right before Tet as planned," Dung shared.

Dũng believes that if students want to work part-time during Tet (Lunar New Year), they should be cautious and thoroughly research the location or organization offering the job.

"There are many job postings, but you need to be selective and check the facts carefully. You shouldn't work for places without a contract. If possible, choose to work with someone you know; the job is readily available, you don't have to search for it, you get to choose your work, avoid risks like unpaid wages, and the income is good," this student shared.

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/sinh-vien-cat-luc-lam-them-mong-kiem-vai-trieu-dong-dip-tet-post1712511.tpo