Of course,Vietnamese works hard to support them and their family. It’s a same phenomenon in most of countries around the world: working hard .
Here is Vietnamese average working hours every week:
Here is Vietnam(red) the on world map:
And here is a map which days on the weekdays do the people across the globe works:
From this paraph, Hanoi (the capital of Vietnam) is the one of the longest working cities by hours every years(2691 hours/year,similar to Mumbai -the city in the Western India):
But working hard does not mean that you can earn lots of money. Many countries like Mexico,India and Nigeria are among the most hard working people,and still they’re struggling to make end meet daily.
All the graphs below show the difference of how working long hours are not equal to earn more,like the situation in Vietnam and China ,and social programs(paid-vacation and restricting long hours works) in like Germany and France are making the workers more relax and more productivity:
I know that work hard does not make you rich,work smart does. But majority of Vietnamese workers do not have too much choice at all,they have to work hard to sustain the community and help to grow the economy. Vietnam’s GDP growth now is relatively high and steady,it’s a positive outcome for average Vietnamese. In the future,when Vietnam will be more wealthy,then the social programs will be the plans to support back the old retire workers-who have helped the nation devoutly:
P.s:I hope that my answer is not too much offensive for everyone. Hope you watch it more relaxing than stressful. I’m gonna end here.
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