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Story summary
- Trinh Tat Thang, a 44-year-old from Hanoi, faces debt exceeding US$29,000 after gold prices nearly tripled since he borrowed four one-luong gold bars in 2022 to build his home, which was valued at around US$10,000.
- Thang earns less than US$700 each month in pharmaceutical marketing, highlighting his difficulty in repaying the rising debt.
- The case reflects the Vietnamese tradition of storing wealth in gold and borrowing it for home construction.
