Students earn a living during Tet on the beach

To earn extra money for school fees and books, during Tet, students from coastal areas cycle to the beach to sell banh loc to tourists. Their Tet is closely linked to their livelihood at sea.

Clip: Students make a living during Tet on the beach

Hot bags of cakes sold by Vy. Photo: HUU PHUC

On February 14 (the 5th day of Tet), quite a lot of visitors came to Vinh Hien beach (Vinh Hien commune, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue province) to visit and swim.

At 9 a.m., the children ride their bicycles to the beach to sell cakes. Photo: HUU PHUC

Visitors arrive at the beach as early as 9am. Streams of people stroll along the beach. They happily watch the waves lapping at the shore.

Children selling cakes to tourists visiting the beach. Photo: HUU PHUC

There are couples holding hands walking on the romantic sandy beach, then taking souvenir photos together.

Students walk on the beach to sell cakes. Photo: HUU PHUC

SGGP Online reporters were present at the beach and witnessed the bustling crowd of people playing and swimming. In addition to visitors, we also witnessed many students making a living during Tet on the beach.

Tourists buy cakes for children. Photo: HUU PHUC

These students live by the sea, in Hien An 2 village (Vinh Hien commune). Every morning at 6am, their families wrap banh loc, then steam it. Around 9am, when tourists arrive at the beach, the students ride their bicycles to carry boxes of banh loc to the beach to sell. Around 5pm, when tourists leave the beach, the students return home.

A student sells cakes during Tet. Photo: HUU PHUC

Tran Thi Thao Vy (Hien An 2 village, Vinh Hien commune) said she is a 6th grade student at a local school. This year, taking advantage of the Tet holiday, she goes to the beach to sell banh loc in the morning and returns home in the afternoon. On peak days, she sells 200,000 VND, and at least 100,000 VND.

Bags of cakes follow the children to serve customers during Tet. Photo: HUU PHUC

“This year, I went to the beach to sell cakes from the 2nd to the 5th day of Tet, then went back to school. I gave the money from selling cakes during Tet to my mother to pay for tuition and buy school supplies,” Vy said.

Dao Thi Lai (Hien An 2 village, Vinh Hien commune) is currently in grade 9. From the 2nd to the 5th day of Tet, Lai cycles 3km from her home to the beach to sell cakes.

Guests get cake to eat after swimming in the sea. Photo: HUU PHUC

Lai said: “I make this cake at home, and I sell it. I earn 100,000 VND a day. On sunny days, customers buy more. To make it easier to sell the cake, I bring lunch with me. This money will be used to cover my studies.”

After walking and swimming, tourists are “recharged” by hot banh loc. As for the children, thanks to the bags of banh loc sold to customers during Tet, they have contributed to helping them have more money to pay for their studies.

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