"South Korean firm leaves 2,000 workers out of pocket for Tet", 10 February 2018

Nearly two thousand workers at a South Korean company in the southern province of Dong Nai have gone on strike to ask for salaries while the company's leaders had left the country.

…Nguyen Thi Minh…said that she and many workers here come from other provinces and have to pay for house rent and bus tickets before returning home for Tet.

"Many of us are really facing financial difficulties," she said. "We rely on the salary of VND5 million (USD220) a month which can only cover basic everyday expenses. If they don't pay us salaries for January, how can we buy food and pay rent, let alone the preparations for Tet. I only have VND200,000 (USD8.81) in my pocket"

…KL Texwell Vina Co.Ltd still owes nearly 13.7 billion (USD616.000) in salaries for January 2018 to 1,928 workers. …The company's general director and some other members of the management board who are from South Korea have all left the country.

South Korean-invested KL Texwell Vina…employs more than 1,900 workers.