MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday warned prospective overseas Filipino workers against Ho Chi Minh-based Filipinos duping compatriots into non-existent jobs.
In her report to the home office, Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Laura Del Rosario said the illegal recruiters allegedly earned from the overpriced plane tickets paid by the victims.
She said some of the victims hocked some assets or borrowed money to be able to pay P25,000 to P30,000 for the round-trip Manila-Ho Chi Minh-Manila plane ticket, which normally cost only P7,000 to P18,000.
The ambassador thus encouraged all Filipinos wanting to work in Vietnam to go through the proper channels of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration (OWWA) for proper documentation.
She pointed out that as in all other countries, proper documentation (valid contract, work visa, and work permit) is a must for foreign workers in Vietnam.
Del Rosario said most Filipinos who work in Vietnam occupy executive and managerial positions in professional fields such as in construction and engineering, accountancy, banking and investment, education, garment/textile industry, hotel and restaurant management, food and beverage industry, marketing, furniture industry, medicine,and foreign investment projects, among others.
The statistics from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas did not list the number of Filipinos in Vietnam, presumably because they are too few to mention.
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