Vietnam's Roadside Loan Flyers: A Debt Trap for Low-Income Workers
Flyers advertising easy cash loans are proliferating in worker-dense areas of Hanoi. Behind these promises lie exorbitant interest rates and aggressive debt collection, trapping low-income laborers in a spiral of debt.
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