Contractors ask to recruit thousands of unskilled Chinese wor
Contractors ask to recruit thousands of unskilled Chinese workers for Vietnam project
Updated : 06/04/2014 20:09 GMT + 7
Dozens of contractors of a Taiwanese-owned project in an economic zone in central Vietnam have asked the zone’s management board for permission to recruit nearly 7,500 more foreign workers, mostly unskilled Chinese, the board said on Monday.
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The management board of Ha Tinh Economic Zone in Ha Tinh Province told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in an interview that the 28 contractors of Formosa Project, developed by Taiwan-based Formosa Group, have registered to hire a large number of foreign workers, most of whom are Chinese.
They had requested to recruit nearly 10,000 foreign workers, with 80 percent of them being Chinese and the rest coming from South Korea and Taiwan, Pham Tran De, deputy head of the board, said.
He added that these contractors, most of whom are also Chinese, have secured the permission to employ 2,500 foreign workers from local authorities.
Only 10-15 percent of the 10,000 workers are specialists while the remaining are unskilled workers, De said, citing the contractors’ requests.
After these contractors submitted their recruitment applications, the board reported them to the provincial People’s Committee for consideration.
On August 8, the committee issued a document, saying it allowed 11 out of the 28 Formosa Project contractors – including 25 Chinese companies and three Vietnamese firms – to employ 2,063 foreign workers.
The board has proposed that the committee allow them to hire 2,976 foreign workers specifically for nine bidding packages of the Formosa Project.
So far, the provincial People’s Committee has given the 28 contractors the nod to recruit 2,500 foreigners in total, mostly Chinese, De said, adding that 1,900 of them have arrived in Vietnam.
The Ha Tinh authorities will continue to consider giving approval to the recruitment of the remaining foreigners in the coming time, he said.
Asked why the board does not require the contractors to employ Vietnamese workers, De said that many of them had explained to the board that recruiting Chinese or South Korean workers would spare them interpretation costs.
Most of the machinery and equipment used by the contractors in the zone were manufactured in China, Taiwan and South Korea, so if their employees are Chinese, Taiwanese or South Koreans, they will not have to use interpreters to teach them how to use the machines, De cited the contractors as saying.
Currently, the zone has 25,155 workers in total, including 3,245 foreigners, the board said.
Updated : 06/04/2014 20:09 GMT + 7
Dozens of contractors of a Taiwanese-owned project in an economic zone in central Vietnam have asked the zone’s management board for permission to recruit nearly 7,500 more foreign workers, mostly unskilled Chinese, the board said on Monday.
>> Vietnam supervises recruitment of over 3,600 Chinese workers by Chinese contractor
>> Vietnam orders check on plan to recruit Chinese workers for power project
>> Management of foreign workers in Vietnam tightened
The management board of Ha Tinh Economic Zone in Ha Tinh Province told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in an interview that the 28 contractors of Formosa Project, developed by Taiwan-based Formosa Group, have registered to hire a large number of foreign workers, most of whom are Chinese.
They had requested to recruit nearly 10,000 foreign workers, with 80 percent of them being Chinese and the rest coming from South Korea and Taiwan, Pham Tran De, deputy head of the board, said.
He added that these contractors, most of whom are also Chinese, have secured the permission to employ 2,500 foreign workers from local authorities.
Only 10-15 percent of the 10,000 workers are specialists while the remaining are unskilled workers, De said, citing the contractors’ requests.
After these contractors submitted their recruitment applications, the board reported them to the provincial People’s Committee for consideration.
On August 8, the committee issued a document, saying it allowed 11 out of the 28 Formosa Project contractors – including 25 Chinese companies and three Vietnamese firms – to employ 2,063 foreign workers.
The board has proposed that the committee allow them to hire 2,976 foreign workers specifically for nine bidding packages of the Formosa Project.
So far, the provincial People’s Committee has given the 28 contractors the nod to recruit 2,500 foreigners in total, mostly Chinese, De said, adding that 1,900 of them have arrived in Vietnam.
The Ha Tinh authorities will continue to consider giving approval to the recruitment of the remaining foreigners in the coming time, he said.
Asked why the board does not require the contractors to employ Vietnamese workers, De said that many of them had explained to the board that recruiting Chinese or South Korean workers would spare them interpretation costs.
Most of the machinery and equipment used by the contractors in the zone were manufactured in China, Taiwan and South Korea, so if their employees are Chinese, Taiwanese or South Koreans, they will not have to use interpreters to teach them how to use the machines, De cited the contractors as saying.
Currently, the zone has 25,155 workers in total, including 3,245 foreigners, the board said.
