There are 5 members in Nguyen Thi Be’s family. Nguyen Phu Huy, a 16-year-old boy, is his eldest son. Huy and his younger sister are studying in 11th and 2nd grade respectively, while his younger brother is enrolled in a vocational school. They do not have their own cultivated land, but rent an area of 5000 m2 to cultivate rice with a rent of around 227 dollars per year. However, due to the increase in the price of agricultural inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) and the impact of bad weather which led to poor harvests, they had a loss. Sometimes his father works as a day laborer but it is unstable. With an income of only USD 1.21 per person per day, it is too difficult to cover both the cost of living and the costs of raising children.
