“Co” – a special job in From birth until death, Vietnamese continually find themselves at the mercy of all sorts of clever and unscrupulous "co", a word which can be roughly translated as “middleman”. They must pay middlemen to approach healthcare services, to complete vehicle registration, to buy a house, to apply for a job and even to find a plot of land for their dead. Estate middlemen  Many families in To pay the school fees for his two children, both university students, Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh put up for sale a 100m2 plot of land located in the central In the afternoon, Thanh paid a visit to his lot. In place of his advertising signboard, he discovered another that read: “Selling land, please contact Mr. Hung". Thanh then got his neighbor to agree to post the ad on the wall of his house. After one night, the wall was re-painted with new advertising content, again with the name and the phone number of a certain Mr. Hung. Thanh eventually came to realize that he could not fight this middleman, and agreed to sell Hung the land for VND575 million. Shortly thereafter, Hung sold the property to another party, earning himself a handsome and very easy VND65 million ($3,400) profit. According to real estate speculators in Phu Yen, the most famous real estate middleman is Sau T. All estate-related administrative problems can be solved by this man, who is said to have close relations with local officials. Mrs. Bui Thi Van Anh, Vice Chair of Ward 9, According to the inspection team of administrative procedures of the central Middlemen for vehicle registration services There are many middlemen for vehicle registration services who hang around the registration centers in It’s quite easy to get a number plate with “lucky numbers” like 39, 79 or 68 for a new motorcycle or car, despite the fact that the registration numbers are randomly selected on computers. You need only pay VND3-4 million ($150-200) to a middleman. “Nice tomb you got there… Shame if something happened to it.” Not only selling cemetery land, “co” also offer tomb building services at very high prices. People are forced to use the services of “co”, otherwise the tombs of their relatives will end up "mysteriously" desecrated. “Co” at hospitals “Co” blatantly entice and cheat patients at the gates of major hospitals in There are dozens of “co” at the To see the doctor early, without having to queue and wait for hours, patients are told to pay several US dollars of commission to a middleman and $15 as examination fees to the doctors. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hiep, the hospital’s Deputy Director, admits that some doctors conspire with middlemen to invite patients to their private clinics. At some hospitals, many patients are willing to pay $5-15 to middlemen to get the first number cards to see the doctors. To get those cards, middlemen queue up early on behalf of the patients, or take cards from hospital officers with whom they are in cahoots. NLD |
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