'We have no choice': The Vietnamese dying for a chance to work in the UK | ITV News

There's a saying in Vietnam about the Nghe An province: "Chó ăn đá, gà ăn sỏi."

It means "the dogs eat rocks, the chickens eat pebbles".

It's a hot, tough place to live, and is also Vietnam's hub for the trade in human cargo.

When 39 Vietnamese were found dead in a lorry in Essex four years ago, the majority had left from Nghe An.

[Roatanlovafmplliiiak]

Why the UK though? So many other countries they could go to better suited to them in terms of language, religion, lifestyle etc. Their new life is crippling the UK and its just BS that they cant find a better solution to debt in their own country.

[OanhSchlesinger]

I understand why the Vietnamese are migrating to UK. Still it’s sad that gangs are exploiting the them for so much money. Shame on the smugglers!

[dinhgiatien]

Most people are fooled in Nghe An, the citizens in this city are notorious for migrating abroad for a better future! Hope that the perception would be changed cause there are many opportunities for ppl with duch amounts of money to be rich in their own countries 😂

[choiegamee]

Living under Vietnamese communists, they have to quit their country to find bright future for them. They knew the living condition of working and living in UK . After some years in GB, they come back to VN and they can built a big house or a shop. The Vietnamese gouvernment knew this problem very well because they are the organizer. The largest Vietnamese group come from Nghe An where Ho Chi Minh was born.

[j.a.]

Show the police who those trafficers are . Don't work to pay them for your dead relative . That's apsurd.

[johndewhirst]

I don't understand how they send the money back. Surely they can't open bank accounts and get paid in cash.

[chriswatson]

The Vietnamese have not restrained their fertility and are suffering poverty as a result. It is NOT reasonable for them to expect another country to provide for their excessive numbers of offspring.

[mogznwaz]

They have a choice. We also should have a choice whether we accept them or not. We’re not obliged to give the world a ‘better life’

[deanalford]

Im from uk, id love to live over there 😅

[PureJoyJoyPure]

Weakness of UK Gov to deal with this matter. How are the police not raiding these nail bars-? These nail bars are everywhere! People come here illegally bcz they know there are ZERO consequences. Japan, Singapore, South Korea and China are all wealthy countries they could move to closer than the UK- but they dont bcz they know the UK is soft touch! I am assuming they don't pay income/council tax? - and so what benefit are they to our country?

[AndrewMutieMulandi-gedm]

Necessity 😅is the mother of invention 😅

[Minh_Hien-jk]

The price is very expensive😢. But they have no future in Viet Nam. I am so sad about my country.