The Indian-invested company has owed a total VND19 billion (USD826,086) worth of salary, social and unemployment insurances to the workers who have been working there for at least 22 years.

Binh Dinh Sugar JS Company

Bisuco located at Tay Son District used to have a daily capacity of 2,000 tonnes of sugarcane.

According to Bisuco trade union chairman Tran Van Dong, in July last year, the Indian director of the company whose name has not yet been disclosed suddenly announced that the company’s operation halt from the 9th of the month.

Since then, the workers have not yet been paid their salaries and unemployment insurance.

The company facilities are now covered with wild grass.

The workers submitted a petition to the local court calling for the company’s bankruptcy and sue the firm director who has fled.

Vice chairman of Binh Dinh Province People’s Committee, Tran Chau, said that local authorities have found out the place where the Indian director is living. The court will send a document to him to request his participation in the legal process. If he is absent, the trial will still be organised.

Provincial authorities will try to ensure the workers’ social insurance and help them find new jobs.