Regarding the case of a young couple whose salary was stolen, holding their 9-month-old child and walking home, on the morning of July 19, talking by phone with a reporter, Ms. Ban Mai Huong (born in 2002, was the one who had her salary stolen and had to go away). Ministry of Homecoming) said he had returned to his hometown (Tuyen Quang).
According to Ms. Huong, she and her husband came to Binh Duong to work at a construction site, doing steel wire tying work. The tenant did not provide the name of the work location.
When deciding to leave work to return home, she and her husband walked about 5km toward Highway 1A to ask for a ride from a container truck and many other vehicles to get to Da Nang and return home.
According to Ms. Huong, the past few days have been a very difficult journey, fortunately the baby is still healthy.
Regarding the amount of money the contractor has not paid, Ms. Huong said she has received half, the contractor still owes 8 million VND and promised to pay at the end of the month. Regarding personal documents, they also sent them out by post.
Regarding future employment, Ms. Huong said that when she returned home, her aunts and uncles visited and introduced the couple to work at the restaurant.
Information about the incident with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, leaders of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Binh Duong said they had joined forces with functional units to verify and clarify the incident. Through discussion with Mr. Duy and Huong, he and his wife found out that they work for a construction unit (name unknown) that is building a project in an industrial park (address unknown).
The contractor promised to pay a monthly salary of 6 million VND to work as an iron worker from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and be picked up by the unit to take him to the boarding house, while his children were sent to kindergarten. However, after more than 1 month of working, he and his wife were not paid by the contractor, nor did the owner give them an advance salary , so the whole family had no money for food, rent, or milk for their children. Citizen identification cards are also kept unpaid by employers.
On July 12, he and his wife decided to walk from Binh Duong back to Tuyen Quang. After that, he hitchhiked from the drivers and was supported by Hoa Hiep Traffic Police Station, Da Nang City Police Traffic Police Department to take the car back to his hometown.
After the press reported on the case of Mr. Duy and Ms. Huong's family, the contractor where he worked called to announce that he would transfer the entire salary and 2 citizen identification cards of Mr. Duy and his wife that they had received. kept to the locality according to the residential address.
Leaders of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Binh Duong said they will continue to verify construction units in Binh Duong to promptly correct and prevent similar cases from occurring.
Previously, Lao Dong Newspaper reported that on the afternoon of July 17, Hoa Hiep Gate Traffic Police Station (Da Nang City Police Traffic Police Department) and people discovered Huong and her husband walking back to their hometown. After learning the story of Ms. Huong and her husband going to work in Binh Duong, having their salary stolen, spending 5 days hitchhiking on many buses, then arriving in Da Nang, traffic police officers provided meals, bought milk for the baby, and donated. a small amount of money as a fee. At the same time, we mobilized passenger buses to run on the Northern route to bring Mr. Duy's family back to his hometown.
