Vietnam’s labor management agency has recently conducted inspections on compliance with regulations regarding Vietnamese citizens working abroad and imposed fines on several violating companies.
Specifically, Hoang Viet Shareholding Management – Human Resource Investment Consulting JSC, based in Hanoi, was fined VND 125 million ($5,326) for late payments to the overseas employment support fund and failing to update information about their dispatched workers on the National Database System for Vietnamese Guest Workers.
The company also failed to publish or update on its website the list of professional staff and the physical infrastructure for pre-departure orientation activities for overseas workers. Additionally, they were found to have unlawfully terminated contracts with workers going abroad.
In a separate case, Hanoi-based Colecto Human Resources JSC was fined VND 30 million ($1,278) for signing contracts that did not follow the prescribed format with two employees they dispatched overseas.
Vietnamese workers going through departure procedures to work abroad. Illustration photo: Colab.
An Thai Transport and Trade Investment JSC, located in Hai Phong, was found to have partially fulfilled their contract regarding working hours, days off, and holidays for Vietnamese workers they dispatched overseas. The pre-departure orientation materials provided to these workers lacked essential skills such as budgeting, local customs, and the use of communication and transportation services. The company was also late in paying into the overseas employment support fund. For these violations, the Overseas Labor Management Bureau fined the company VND 12.5 million ($533) and requested rectifications.
Two other companies, Vietnam Hoa Binh JSC, and Kim Minh Human Resources JSC, both based in Hoa Binh province, were each fined VND 12.5 million ($533) for late payments to the overseas employment support fund.
According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs, nearly 90,000 Vietnamese citizens have gone to work abroad under contracts in the first seven months of this year, achieving nearly 72% of the annual plan. Major recipient countries include Japan, Taiwan (China), and South Korea. Vietnamese workers are employed in various sectors, including manufacturing, construction, agriculture, fisheries, and services.
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