Moving for different opportunities can build confidence and independence, and prioritising happiness is important, and can impact social mobility. The value and necessity of being frugal and savvy with money, in order to achieve aspirations and despite hard work and saving, upward change may only be small but life is about having enough, and living a modest and content life is the aim.
The story centres on a woman who is now in her 60’s, and the life of herself, her daughter, and grandchild.
This animation is produced by PositiveNegatives building on research from and in close collaboration with the 'Migration Rhythms in Upward Social Mobility in Asia' project at PRIO.
Watch the animation in Vietnamese here.
You can watch it in English here, or read the comic in English or in Vietnamese.
