Disappearing jobs in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Over time, professions such as typing, handwriting, ice cream vending, bike taxi, and pig spaying are disappearing in Vietnam.

Typing services were offered for many years, but after the country’s reunion in 1975, this service was available on the sidewalk. The typists must have an old typewriter, papers, a table, a chair for themselves and another chair for their customers. They are usually asked to type “resumes”, “applications“, and “complaints”. Along with the appearance of the computer, this profession gradually went into oblivion.

At the same time with the typing profession, writing letters also blossomed. The clients were uneducated people. If the letters were in foreign languages like English, Spanish, or Chinese, the fee was three times higher than those written in Vietnamese.

Wrapping cigarettes was a service for the poor. Only with a small wooden table, paper and tobacco, people could earn enough for their living if they had enough orders to work for eight to 10 hours/day.

Charging gas lighters was also a common job. The price was VND500 - VND1,000 per recharge.

Spaying pigs used to be a lucrative job in the subsidized period.

Ice-cream vending was a popular job in the countryside. People could buy ice cream or exchange their old plastic sandals for ice cream.

They could also exchange scraps for barley sugar.

Before motorbikes and cars become common vehicles, bike taxi was a job in central and southern Vietnam.

Re-cycling bike chains was also a job.

Along with the development of modern machines, forging has gradually disappeared. Currently, there is only one smith in Hanoi, Nguyen Phuong Hung in Lo Ren Street, and one smith in HCM City, Le Van Chau in District 10.

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