By Nguyen Quy  October 17, 2018 | 02:36 pm GMT+7 South Korean immigration officers have recommended criminal prosecution of two men for illegally brokering jobs for hundreds of Vietnamese students. The two Korean brokers, identified as 58-year-old Choi and 59-year-old Chung, were found to have offered part-time jobs in 13 companies, including hypermarkets and logistics warehouses, for 262 Vietnamese students registered at a university in Gyeonggi Province between November 2016 and August 2018. Knowing that the group of Vietnamese students did not have work visas, the brokers took about 30 percent of their hourly wage as commission, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing Korean immigration officers. More than half of the Vietnamese students confessed to the immigration officials that they wanted jobs to pay their tuition fees. Korean authorities are also investigating the university where the Vietnamese students were studying to clarify whether it was … [Read more...] about Illegal job brokers for Vietnamese students face prosecution in South Korea
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Vietnamese diva’s South Korea concert tickets sold out
By Ha Thu  October 17, 2018 | 05:56 pm GMT+7 About 8,000 tickets to singer My Tam’s concert in Seoul were sold out online in 10 days. On October 20, popular Vietnamese singer My Tam will perform in her first live concert in South Korea at the Jangchung stadium in Seoul. It promises to be a sellout event with all tickets near the stage sold out and only a few slots left for those at a distance, event organizers said. The website selling the tickets crashed a few days ago in the rush of people trying to buy tickets. My Tam had previously planned the live show for September 15, but said she was deferring it to give more time for fans in Vietnam to get visas to South Korea. A few Korean enterprises have bought the tickets as gifts for their Vietnamese employees. The team that organized this event is from South Korea. It includes My Tam’s long time collaborator Cho Song Jin as an editor and co-director with the singer. They collaborated on My Tam’s … [Read more...] about Vietnamese diva’s South Korea concert tickets sold out
Illegal job brokers for Vietnamese students face prosecution South Korea
By Nguyen Quy  October 17, 2018 | 02:36 pm GMT+7 South Korean immigration officers have recommended criminal prosecution of two men for illegally brokering jobs for hundreds of Vietnamese students. The two Korean brokers, identified as 58-year-old Choi and 59-year-old Chung were found to have offered part-time jobs in 13 companies, including hypermarkets and logistics warehouses, for 262 Vietnamese students registered at a university in Gyeonggi Province between November 2016 and August 2018. Knowing that the group of Vietnamese students did not have work visas, the brokers took about 30 percent of their hourly wage as commission, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing Korean immigration officers. More than half of the Vietnamese students confessed to the immigration officials that they wanted jobs to pay their tuition fees. Korean authorities are also investigating the university where the Vietnamese students were studying to clarify whether it was … [Read more...] about Illegal job brokers for Vietnamese students face prosecution South Korea
South Korea’s Shinhan Card considers Vietnam priority for investment
The Hanoitimes - In the coming time, Shinhand will focus on developing consumer finance in Vietnam, the government portal reported. Shinhan Card, a subsidiary of South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group, considers Vietnam an important foreign market for future investment, said Lim Young Jin, president and CEO of the company. Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and President of Shinhan Card Lim Young Jin. Source: VGP. Operating in the fields of finance, banking and securities in Vietnam, Shinhan Card has set aside its profit to reinvest in Vietnam, Lim said in a meeting with Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue in Hanoi on October 15. In the coming time, Shinhand will focus on developing consumer finance in Vietnam, Lim informed. In early 2018, Shinhan reached an agreement to acquire Prudential Vietnam Finance Company for US$150.8 million. The deal allows Shinhan Financial Group to expand its consumer finance business in Vietnam, a market … [Read more...] about South Korea’s Shinhan Card considers Vietnam priority for investment
Number of Vietnamese students in South Korea grow fastest in the world
Vietnam sent nearly 15,000 students to South Korea last year, three times higher than the number in 2015, making it the fastest growing market for international education in the Northeast Asian country. In reporting this information, the Yonhap News Agency cited figures from the National Institute for International Education under the Korean Ministry of Education. As of April this year, the number of international students registered in South Korean universities and graduate schools jumped to 142,205, a 14.8 percent increase from a year ago. Of these, 70,232 were enrolled in higher education programs and the other 51,856 in non-degree programs. China has retained the top spot as the country with the maximum number of students in South Korea. At 68,256, Chinese account for 48.2 percent of total foreign students in the country. Vietnam ranks second with 27,061, accounting for 19 percent of total international students, followed by Mongolia (4.7 percent), Japan (2.79 … [Read more...] about Number of Vietnamese students in South Korea grow fastest in the world