Vo Hoa's Oral History
Item
Title
Vo Hoa's Oral History
Synopsis
● Vo Hoa (pseudonym), 22 years old, Vietnam, Tay Ethnic (minority ethnic)
● Female
● Moving from mountainous area in a province to Ho Chi Minh city for studying and working
● She is a fouth-year student and take part time job as a seller in a clothes shop in Ho Chi Minh city
● Lockdown for 14 days just in July 2020 and she had the memoriable experience about the time to be locked down due to Covid
● Recounts stressful experience she had of being placed in isolation
● Describes impact of Covid-19 on sale of silkworms and explains why the sale of other livestock are not as affected
● Compulsory mask wearing
● Her roomates were also placed in quarantine for 14 days due to COVID-19
● She had to go back home in rural area for 4 months due to Covid, study online (one semester online study)
● No one in her rural hometown was a Covid victim but they take care very well to cope and prevent from Covid
● Female
● Moving from mountainous area in a province to Ho Chi Minh city for studying and working
● She is a fouth-year student and take part time job as a seller in a clothes shop in Ho Chi Minh city
● Lockdown for 14 days just in July 2020 and she had the memoriable experience about the time to be locked down due to Covid
● Recounts stressful experience she had of being placed in isolation
● Describes impact of Covid-19 on sale of silkworms and explains why the sale of other livestock are not as affected
● Compulsory mask wearing
● Her roomates were also placed in quarantine for 14 days due to COVID-19
● She had to go back home in rural area for 4 months due to Covid, study online (one semester online study)
● No one in her rural hometown was a Covid victim but they take care very well to cope and prevent from Covid
Date Created
January 27, 2021
Language of interview
Vietnamese
Index
Biography 3-4, 16-19, 23, 32, see also ‘Job’
-University living arrangements and expenses 4-6
Changes to daily routine
-Gatherings 33
-Outings 19
Comparison with other crises 7
Daily life necessities
-Food 26
-Shortages 26
Description of Covid-19 6-7
Financial impacts of Covid-19
-Reduced income 19-20
Infection by Covid-19
-Low rates of infection in the countryside 15
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 7, 31-32, 34-35
Impacts on various groups
-Agriculture 24
-Businesses 19, 23-24
-Furniture makers 24
-Office employees 25
-Outdoor workers 25
-Public transportation 29-30
-Street vendors 25
-Students 18, 22
-Tourism 24
Job 21-22
Psychological impacts
-Boredom 2, 13
-Fear 1, 8
-Stigma 13-14
Relationships 21, 33
Response measures for Covid-19
-Breaking rules 26, 30
-Compulsory mask-wearing 28-29
-Consequences for breaking rules 26, 33
-Government measures 2, 13, 27-28
-Local measures 15, 29
-Online learning 8, 22
-Quarantine/self-isolation 6, 22
Quarantine at dormitory 1-3, 8-14, 30-31
-Reactions to measures 3, 6, 10, 27, 30-31
-Surveillance testing 11-12
-Workplace measures 28
Social media 31-32
-University living arrangements and expenses 4-6
Changes to daily routine
-Gatherings 33
-Outings 19
Comparison with other crises 7
Daily life necessities
-Food 26
-Shortages 26
Description of Covid-19 6-7
Financial impacts of Covid-19
-Reduced income 19-20
Infection by Covid-19
-Low rates of infection in the countryside 15
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 7, 31-32, 34-35
Impacts on various groups
-Agriculture 24
-Businesses 19, 23-24
-Furniture makers 24
-Office employees 25
-Outdoor workers 25
-Public transportation 29-30
-Street vendors 25
-Students 18, 22
-Tourism 24
Job 21-22
Psychological impacts
-Boredom 2, 13
-Fear 1, 8
-Stigma 13-14
Relationships 21, 33
Response measures for Covid-19
-Breaking rules 26, 30
-Compulsory mask-wearing 28-29
-Consequences for breaking rules 26, 33
-Government measures 2, 13, 27-28
-Local measures 15, 29
-Online learning 8, 22
-Quarantine/self-isolation 6, 22
Quarantine at dormitory 1-3, 8-14, 30-31
-Reactions to measures 3, 6, 10, 27, 30-31
-Surveillance testing 11-12
-Workplace measures 28
Social media 31-32
