Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - More than 1,400 Vietnamese guest workers in theRepublic of Korea (RoK) are set to lose their deposit of 100 million VND (4,239USD) each due to fleeing from their workplace or attempting to illegallystay in the country.

TheDepartment of Overseas Labour under Vietnam's Ministry of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs, after September 21, will unilaterally liquidate the contractsof the workers and notify the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) toprocess the deposit of employees.

The agency saidthat based on the notice of the Korean Human Resources Development Agency aboutthe results of the employees' compliance with the labour contract in the RoK underthe Employment Permit System (EPS) programme and checking of theemployees' deposit at VBSP, there were 1,750 Vietnamese guest workers stayingillegally in the RoK after terminating the employment contract or fleeing fromtheir workplace.

The agency,on June 26, sent letters to departments of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs in Vietnam's cities and provinces where the employees registeredtheir permanent residence before going to work in the RoK to coordinatewith local authorities to verify the employees' labour contractperformance.

The list ofthe employees was also posted on the agency’s website.

To date, itis more than 40 working days from the date of notification and based on theverification results of the labour departments in provinces and cities,the agency decided to process the bank deposits of 1,476 guest workers in SouthKorea.

After thedeadline of September 21, the agency will process the employee's deposit.

In Aprilthis year, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc approved a pilot scheme whichrequires domestic workers to make deposits before departing to work in the RoK.

Under thedecision, Vietnamese guest workers heading to work in the RoK under the EPSprogramme were required to make a pre-departure deposit worth 100 million VND (4,239USD) to guarantee their return to Vietnam after their contract expires.

The newpolicy was part of measures to prevent Vietnamese migrant workers fromoverstaying their contracts in the RoK.

The workersmust pay the deposit at the VBSP within 35 days of signing a contract foremployment in the RoK.

The depositwill be refunded to the workers upon the end of the contract.

Theworkers will lose the deposit if they flee from their workplace ortry to illegally stay in the RoK after their contracts end or their durationof stay is expired./.