National Immigration Agency held the forum of “2019 New Immigrant Seminar in Southern Area” at Tainan City to communicate with new residents. It has invited over 200 new residents’ representatives from Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung to join the forum. MOI Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥), NIA Deputy Director-General Chung Ching-kun (鐘景琨) and relevant officials attend to the forum to announce new policy and information for new residents, and further listen to the suggestions from representatives of new residents. The Vietnamese new resident Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà (阮氏青河) is also invited to the forum to share her inspiring story to become a PhD student from a migrant worker, hoping to show new residents’ outstanding performances to the society.
From Vietnamese Migrant Worker to PhD Student
“I used to be a migrant worker”, said Nguyễn Thị Thanh H. She graduated from department of French at Vietnam National University, Hanoi. In 2002, she took job as female worker in factory for earning tuition in Taiwan. Then, she met her Taiwanese husband and later got married in 2005, and became new resident in Taiwan.
Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà appreciated her husband to support her study after the marriage. She successfully received the master degree in National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and studied in PhD program. As her proficiency in both Chinese and Vietnamese, she is currently employed as a Vietnamese language lecturer at NCKU and has published three Vietnamese language teaching books. There is not plenty of Vietnamese teaching materials so that she determined to edit and publish the Vietnamese learning textbook by herself.
Even though Thanh Hà is in pregnancy, she still feels excited to share her experience to people. She encourages the new residents to live in their own way and stated that she will continuously work on cultivating Vietnamese talents in Taiwan as well as assisting the New Southbound policy of government.
MOI Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Tsung-yen recognized the persistent spirit of Thanh Hà as the model of new residents. Chen also show the caring to Thanh Hà’s newborn baby and appreciated her effort to birth policy. He gave her the blessing gift to show his gratitude.
There are also lots of extraordinary representatives of new residents participated in this forum, such as mainland new resident Yeh Fong-ling(葉鳳玲) who was rewarded in NIA’s Dream Project. Yeh received numbers of professional baking certificates and was selected as the gender friendly ambassador in Tainan. In addition, mainland new resident Hsu Xiao-hua(徐小華) in Yunlin was rewarded in the New Resident Female Entrepreneur Accelerator Program this year. She used sweet potatoes as ingredients into various healthy foods by industry-university cooperation which boosts local industry. Also, Vietnamese new resident Sdung(童氏容) opened Dung Nga Shop(容娥南向百貨) in Tainan to become the bridge of New Southbound communication. She also established public welfare team Vietnam Five Stars to assist people in need and promote the cultural events.
MOI Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Tsung-yen considered that all of the new residents settled down in Taiwan with persistent courage which makes them to be the important power in Taiwanese society. In this forum, we have seen the confidence and the pride of new residents. The government will keep working on understanding the needs of new residents with the reflection and suggestions in the forum. Combing the public and private section in the government to build up the service network, family care and cultural development, hoping to create the happiness for the new residents.
