More support given to abandoned workers by South Korean Company Dong Nai People’s Committee has continued to use their own funds to pay the insurance debts of nearly VND1.4 billion (USD61,701) owed by the KL Texwell Vina Co.Ltd so that their workers can get unemployment insurance and other benefits after the company’s management fled the country. Dong Nai Province used their own funds to pay salaries and Lunar New Year bonuses for nearly two thousand workers of KL Texwell Vina company on February 11 The support was given after a meeting held by the committee with hundreds of the company's workers on March 7 to discuss unemployment insurance, the maternity period for pregnant women and the timeframe in which the workers of KL Texwell Vina would receive the remaining 50 percent of their salary for January. Issues related to the closing of social insurance books and solutions to help workers find new jobs were also discussed at the meeting. According to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, KL Texwell Vina Co.Ltd still owes nearly 13.7 billion (USD616,000) in salaries for January 2018 to 1,928 workers. They also owe over VND 17.5 billion (USD750,000) in insurance payments to the provincial Social Insurance Department. The Dong Nai Provincial Trade Union Federation confirmed that Texwell Vina's general director, Chang Jeen, and 11 other South Korean managers at the company had left Vietnam on February 8 and their plant has been closed since. Following a strike demanding the payment of salaries on February 8 and 9, authorities in Dong Nai Province on February 11 used their own funds to pay nearly two thousands workers of the company 50 percent salary for January and Lunar New Year bonuses. On February 23, the provincial authorities held a meeting with the South Korean Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City to ask for their help to contact with leaders of Texwell Vina Company in South Korea to discuss the problems. The Trade Union Legal Consultancy Centre under the Dong Nai Province’s Trade Union Confederation has initiated legal proceedings against KL Texwell Vina so that its machinery and other assets could be sold off to pay salaries and other benefits. South Korean-invested KL Texwell Vina, located in Bau Xeo Industrial Park in Trang Bom District, registered for investment licence in garment and textiles in December 2015 and employs more than 1,900 workers. dtinews.vn