On the morning of June 16, Mr. Nguyen Tien Cuong - Vice Chairman of Dien Bien District People's Committee, Dien Bien Province said that immediately after Lao Dong Newspaper reported, the District People's Committee had a working session with the leaders of DPP Tay Bac Company Limited. Director Ta Hong Diep has committed to arranging to pay the workers' salaries before June 30.
Previously, on the morning of June 13, Lao Dong Newspaper published an article reflecting " ki ki Director, dozens of workers stretch banners to collect debts" with the content: "After many months of unpaid wages, the director of the cassava starch processing factory "disappeared", dozens of workers and laborers stretched banners to collect debts".
On the afternoon of June 13, the People's Committee of Dien Bien district held a working session with the legal representative of DPP Tay Bac Company Limited. Results determined: The petitions and press reports about the unpaid wages of workers of DPP Tay Bac Company Limited are true.
The cause of the incident was given by the factory's leaders: Because the company was newly established, the factory's operations encountered difficulties due to market fluctuations, so production suffered losses, lacked mobile capital, leading to unpaid wages to workers and suppliers.
At the meeting, Mr. Ta Hong Diep - Director of DPP Tay Bac Company Limited said that the company is currently implementing capital mobilization solutions to handle difficulties, especially mobile capital to repay debts to workers and suppliers. "The company commits to mobilizing capital to pay wages owed to workers before June 30, 2025".
Speaking to Lao Dong Newspaper reporter, Mr. Nguyen Tien Cuong - Vice Chairman of Dien Bien District People's Committee also said that the company's commitment to repay the debt to workers before June 30 will be closely monitored by the authorities. In addition, the District People's Committee has also directed relevant units to strengthen their grasp of the situation and promptly inform people about the results of settling debts for employees and suppliers.
At the same time, strictly manage the area, proactively handle arising situations, especially large gatherings in front of the factory area, ensuring security and order in the area.
Previously, as reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, after many months of unpaid wages, the director of the cassava starch processing factory "disappeared", dozens of workers and laborers hung banners demanding debts.
Dozens of workers and laborers at Dien Bien Cassava Starch Processing Factory (under DPP Tay Bac Company Limited - Na Huom Village, Na Tong Commune, Dien Bien District) said that they have been owed wages for many months, and all efforts to contact the director have been in vain.
According to the proposal of the collective of workers working at Dien Bien Cassava Starch Processing Factory, from February 6 to March 13, 2025, the workers have completed the assigned work.
However, Mr. Ta Hong Diep - Director of DPP Tay Bac Company Limited (located at Team 5, Thanh Xuong Commune, Dien Bien District) has not yet paid more than 530 million VND in salary as agreed.
Not only owed workers' salaries, a group of 13 other individuals also submitted a petition to the Na Tong commune government about the Northwest DPP Company Limited not yet paying about 600 million VND. Of which, 300 million VND is spent on land leveling, building a cassava factory and about 300 million VND is spent on buying fresh cassava from the people.
Thus, the total debt of this company recorded through the petitions has reached more than 1.1 billion VND.
