Hello, my name is Van Luy, and I am a 12-year-old boy. I live with my three grandparents and five of my siblings. My parents and two older brothers do not live with us because they left to go to Thailand two years ago to make money as construction workers. Many of my friends also do not live with their parents, but I am still sad about this.

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My parents and siblings together send some money every month to feed us. They always say that they want to send us more, but they have to pay back for the money they borrowed to pay the brokers who sent them to Thailand. I am studying hard at the TASSEL school right now so that I can help them later.