Victim Dau Hoang Anh at the hospital (Source: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has made a series of requests to protect the interests of Vietnamese citizens working abroad following the recent attack on two Vietnamese workers by their Chinese employer in Algeria.
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Labour, Invalids & Social Affairs were asked to work closely with relevant Algerian agencies on the case.
The Department of Overseas Labour and Simco Song Da Company will work with its Chinese contractor – the employer of the victims – to protect their legitimate rights and provide support for any guest workers who want to return home.
Companies that send workers to foreign countries are responsible for regularly checking the working conditions onsite and updating the representative Vietnamese office abroad on the list of workers in the area, facilitating citizen protection during any contingency cases.
On October 5, Vietnamese workers in Algeria called for help as they were beaten by the Chinese employer – Dongyi Jiangsu Co. Ltd. They were 55 Vietnamese workers sent to Algeria by the Simco Song Da Company to work for the Chinese contractor on a construction site in Khenchela province.
According to them, the work contract they signed with the employer regulated that they were paid monthly. However, when working in Algeria, they were paid on piecework. After objecting, they and others were assaulted on September 19 with Dau Hoang Anh and Dao Ngoc Cuong being the most seriously injured./.
