PM orders support for workers abandoned by South Korean employerPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued a statement on February 11 ordering authorities in southern Dong Nai province to support workers abandoned by their South Korean employer just before the Tet holiday. The South Korean director of KL Texwell Vina, a garment company fully-owned by South Korea’s Kwanglim Group, together with eleven South Korean managers, reportedly left Vietnam on February 8 while still owing VND13.7 billion ($605,540) in salaries to workers. The company also owes VND17.5 billion ($773,500) in social insurance contributions, which haven’t been paid since last August. More than 600 workers at a garment company in Ho Chi Minh City staged a strike for more than a week to demand salaries be paid after their South Korean employer disappeared. The Fenix Knitting Company in Thu Duc district in Ho Chi Minh City declared bankruptcy last November, owing VND13.5 billion ($596,700) in wages and social insurance contributions to more than 200 workers.

Source: VietNamNet News February 12, 2018 08:26 UTC