"Vietnamese embassy steps in to help 150 workers in Japan claim unpaid wages,"

Regarding the case of a Japanese company failing to pay wages to Vietnamese workers, the Labor Management Board of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has taken action to assist workers in solving the issue.

In early December, dozens of Vietnamese workers gathered at the headquarters of the Nekuseru employment agency in Chiba prefecture to demand payment for their September and October wages.

Upon discovering the incident, Phan Tien Hoang, First Secretary and Head of Labor Management at the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, traveled to Chiba to work with the Vietnamese workers, representatives of Nekuseru and the company recruiting Vietnamese workers, and authorized agencies from Toyota city in Aichi prefecture...

The Vietnamese workers with owed wages had come to Japan under engineer, technician, and interpreter visas and were directly recruited from Vietnam. These workers were employed by Nekuseru, which then dispatched them to other Japanese companies under labor leasing agreements. The companies hiring workers from Nekuseru did not pay the workers directly but instead transferred their wages to Nekuseru, which was responsible for paying the workers.

The Labor Management Board has provided rice for the Vietnamese workers to help them overcome the current difficulties and requested Chiba prefecture and Toyota city to implement specific and practical support measures for the Vietnamese workers facing hardship due to unpaid wages.