VNE – By Le Tuyet November 18, 2022 | 10:47 am GMT+7
“Have you found a new job?” For the last 10 days, this has invariably been the question on every worker’s lips at a residential block in HCMC’s District 12.
Located on Le Van Khuong Street, the block has over 40 rooms and the majority of tenants are workers of garment factory Sun Kyoung Vietnam, which is 100% South Korean-owned.
Early November this month, the company declared that it will cease operations because partners had suddenly canceled all orders. This meant the dismissal of around 830 employees. Ten days after it made the closure announcement, the company made its final payments to the workers.
“I received a total of VND12 million ($484.26) as October salary and financial support,” said Chau Thi Ha, a 32-year-old Tra Vinh native who worked at the factory for more than two years.
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| Chau Thi Ha cooks dinner, her family’s one meal of the day, at a rented room in HCMC’s District 12. Photo by VnExpress/Le Tuyet |
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