Workers have paid more than 1.4 billion VND
Talking to reporters, Mr. Le Van Hung (name changed) living in Hai Duong said: “Through social networks, I was introduced by Ms. Chung Thi Hoa - Director of HTP Tourism and Labor Supply Trading Company Limited (HTP Company, No. 12 Sa Doi Street, Dai Mo Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi) that I could provide tourism consulting and labor export services.
In February 2023, I represented the employee to sign the "Order Deposit Contract" regarding: Labor export consulting service for New Zealand orders with HTP Company - represented by Ms. Chung Thi Hoa. The total contract value is 559,300,000 VND/person (equivalent to 23,500 USD). The contract stipulates that Party A (representative of the employee) must pay Party B (HTP Company) in 3 installments: Installment 1 - deposit - is 23,800,000 VND (equivalent to 1,000 USD); Installment 2 - Employee has a health check-up certificate and signs a foreign contract - is 190,400,000 VND (equivalent to 8,000 USD); Installment 3: Pay the remaining amount after the employee receives an exit visa to work in New Zealand for 3 years.
I represented 6 employees to pay the first and second installments to Ms. Hoa with a total amount of 36,000 USD; paid the first installment for 8 employees with a total amount of 8,000 USD. As of March 10, 2023, I have paid Ms. Hoa more than 1.4 billion VND.
According to Mr. Hung, on May 18, 2023, Ms. Chung Thi Hoa's side issued him electronic visas (paper copies) for 3 employees (who had paid in 2 installments). However, through observation, Mr. Hung's group realized that the paper visa Ms. Hoa gave "had problems", so they went to the company headquarters to ask Ms. Hoa to sign to confirm that the visa was real, but Ms. Hoa refused to sign.
“Because I suspected that Ms. Hoa provided fake visas and substandard contracts, I stopped paying the second installment of 8 workers. At the end of May 2023, I continued to contact Ms. Hoa to clarify the matter and ask when the workers would be able to leave for New Zealand, and at the same time asked Ms. Hoa to return the money I had paid. Ms. Hoa refused and chased me out of the office, challenging me to report to the authorities. I filed a complaint against Ms. Chung Thi Hoa with the Nam Tu Liem District Police, Hanoi City,” said Mr. Hung.
Workers need to be more vigilant
Speaking to reporters from Lao Dong Newspaper, a representative of the Department of Overseas Labor Management (Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs) said that HTP Company (No. 12 Sa Doi Street, Dai Mo Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi) was not granted a license to send people to work abroad!
There are very sophisticated forms and tricks that require the involvement of management agencies and authorities to detect. These subjects often set up companies, have offices and staff like businesses providing services to send workers to work abroad, organize advertising on social networks such as Facebook, Zalo... even have websites promoting the activities of the business and images of selecting, training workers and places where workers work abroad. This reality has led to many cases of workers wishing to work abroad being scammed, even having to pay large sums of money to individuals and organizations that do not have the function of sending workers to work abroad.
According to the Department of Overseas Labor Management, to avoid being scammed, workers who want to work abroad need to be vigilant, absolutely do not believe in information inviting or promising jobs on unofficial websites, Facebook, Zalo... and absolutely do not transact or contact organizations or individuals that do not have the function of providing services to send workers to work abroad.
Workers who want to work abroad need to proactively learn about the legal regulations in the field of workers working abroad under contracts, and directly contact businesses with operating licenses to find out relevant information about labor recruitment orders, fields and professions, requirements for workers in terms of skills, foreign languages, and fees to be paid in accordance with the law.
Workers can look up information about licensed businesses on the website of the Department of Overseas Labor Management at www.dolab.gov.vn.
