Two foreigners fined for working without permission

Two foreigners fined for working without permission in Hai Duong

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of northern Hai Duong province Luu Van Ban has signed decisions fining two foreigners 40 million VND (1,739 USD) in total for entering Vietnam, working or engaging in other activities without permission of Vietnamese competent authorities.
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Hai Duong (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of northernHai Duong province Luu Van Ban has signed decisions fining two foreigners 40 million VND (1,739 USD) in total for enteringVietnam, working or engaging in other activities without permission of Vietnamesecompetent authorities.

Specifically, the first one is Wang Shoucheng, who is aChinese national born in 1970 and now living in Lam Son commune, Hai Duong’s ThanhMien district. Wang was granted a visa by the border guard station of Lang Sonprovince’s Huu Nghi Border Gate with a temporary stay extensionuntil June 23, 2021 to work at Kam Fung Vietnam International Company Limited inQuat Lam township in Nam Dinh province’s Giao Thuy district. However, on April22, he quit this job and began working for Champion Product Vietnam Co., Ltd.in Lam Son commune one day later. Wang was fined 20 million VND for violatingregulations at Point b, Clause 5, Article 17 of the Government’s Decree 167dated November 12, 2013 on penalties for administrative violations in the fieldof security, social order and safety, and prevention of social evils; fireprevention and fighting, and domestic violence prevention and control.

The other was also given the same charge. The Chinesenational, Ye Zhaoxin, was born in 1996 and is now living in Lam Son commune aswell. He had a temporary stay extension until June 18, 2021 to work at Sun VigorVietnam Smart Toy Joint Stock Company in Hai Phong city’s Tien Lang district.However, on April 27, he also left his job and came to work at Champion ProductVietnam Co., Ltd.

With involvement with Wang Shouchen, Vu Van Buong, born in 1967, wasfined 1.25 million VND for "letting foreigners stay overnight without declaring temporary residence, failing to instruct foreigners to declaretemporary residence as prescribed or failing to comply with other regulationsof competent agencies./.
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