Training: Nice business - if you can get it!

Slow news day or summit??

This was all over the news when it happened :
http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitr … ed-1.91925

I actually know some guys who worked there and got screwed over. I feel more sorry for the students and famalies than the teachers though.

Guess the expat teachers need to be wary wher ethey work....

Never a slow news day in VietNam.

I met a student who got ripped, she has lost two years money for education. She has to work to recover the money - this is tragic.

Hopefully people reading this will know it is true and volunteer their services free, or at reduced rates.

This situation applies to the corporate structures of international schools.

Completely agree with you it is tragic, and devestates a lot of peoples lives I have no doubt.

Sadly though I don't think many will volunteer there services for free, at least not for long. I know some people who are trying to help out and get students into other schools etc, but I don't hold out much hope for the masses.

No doubt this won't be the last time either, it will soon be forgotten and left in history. Remember Raffles ?

Maybe I'm old fashioned but I believe Foreigners, most of whom enjoy living here, should give something back to the country.

If a language instructor part times on the side, there is not much hardship in cutting the rate or giving it away free to these victims of fraud.

Besides, I find attending English Clubs and one-on-one instruction to be rewarding and provides an opportunity to really interact with Vietnamese on a casual but deep level.

The Singaporeans involved will likely be penalised by SP, and definitely blacklisted with VN Immigration, as has happened with rogue Taiwanese, Korean and Chinese people who employed people here.

I had a friend too who lost her job and was owed back pay, they are suing but i doubt much will come of it. Real shame for the kids though.

Yup, it is a shame.  But, until the Vietnamese parents and children wisen up things like this will continue to take place.

Quality always come at a cost.  This is as basic as it gets, yet Vietnamese almost always seek cheap alternatives.  Thus, it give rise to such con games.

Also, I think that those bureaucrats, who granted these con men their licenses, should get some heat for failure to look into those guys' backgrounds, or not looking as good as they looked into mine, or failure to monitor, or something...  For sure, such shady folks would not have been able to set up shops in many other countries.