Tran Thi Phuong's Oral History

● Tran Thi Phuong (pseudonym), 77 years old, Vietnamese
● Moved from another city to Ho Chi Minh city and has been living there for around 50 years
● Illiterate, three-person family unit including son and granddaughter
● Travels by bike around the residential area to sell peanuts and boiled bananas for a living
● Sales affected by Covid-19 pandemic
● Poverty, day to day/everyday living under the pandemic
● Knowledge of basic measures to prevent infection
● Welfare, support from neighbours, community members

January 23, 2021

Vietnamese

Biography 1-2, 4-11, 37-39, see also ‘Job’
-Aid received 11-12, 16
-Borrowing money from others 20, 29
-Grandchild 6-7, 9-10, 13, 29
-Son’s work 17, 22-23, 28
-Living arrangements 35
-Loans 21, 27
Comparison with other crises 32
Daily life necessities
-Food 25
-Hand sanitiser 36
-Masks 30, 36
Description of Covid-19 13-14
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 14, 30-31, 33-34, 37, 39
Job
-as a food stall vendor 2-4, 8-9, 11, 13, 15-20, 22, 24-27, 32, 36
-as a dish washer 23-24
Psychological impacts 32
Response measures for Covid-19
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 9, 14, 25-26, 33-34
-Government measures 30-31
-Reactions to measures 30-31