
SEA Games 33: Unpaid salaries force Thai athletes to train while in tears.
Thai sports recently faced a controversy regarding unpaid salaries for athletes for several months prior to the 33rd SEA Games.

Thai sports recently faced a controversy regarding unpaid salaries for athletes for several months prior to the 33rd SEA Games.

The Bac Lieu Provincial Center for the Application of Advanced Science and Technology lacked financial resources and had to temporarily suspend operations since 2023, while still owing salaries to its employees.

The players of Thanh Hoa club have collectively signed a complaint regarding the team's unpaid salaries and stated that they will temporarily suspend training.

Kylian Mbappe has submitted a request to PSG for a salary and bonuses worth 100 million Euros.

Athletes from the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center will have to wait until April to receive their remaining payments.

While many people complain about meager Tet bonuses, for me, in these difficult economic times, receiving my full salary at the end of the month is already a blessing.

Quang Nam province has just allocated an additional 4,6 billion VND to Quang Nam Medical College to pay salaries for its staff and lecturers.

The People's Committee of Quang Nam province will direct a review of the responsibilities of the collectives and individuals involved in the violations and shortcomings at Quang Nam Medical College.

After receiving one of the six months' salaries owed by Quang Nam Medical College, the college's staff and lecturers decided to return to work.

Quang Nam Medical College paid the July salaries to its staff and lecturers, but currently still owes employees five months' worth of salary.

The People's Committee of Quang Nam province has directed a review and prompt reporting of the difficulties, obstacles, and shortcomings of the Provincial Traditional Medicine Hospital - a unit that owes its employees 5,5 months' salary.

The Vice Chairman of the Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee outlined a plan to resolve the case of a large number of officials and lecturers at the College of Medical Sciences staging a collective work stoppage due to six months of unpaid salaries.

Nine lecturers from the Faculty of Medicine at Quang Nam Medical College have announced a collective work stoppage due to the college's failure to pay their salaries for six months.

As of May 15th, Quang Nam Traditional Medicine Hospital owes its employees 5,5 months' salary, totaling approximately 5,3 billion VND, and is overdue in paying social insurance contributions exceeding 1,1 billion VND.

The principal of Quang Nam Medical College held a meeting with 17 staff and lecturers who decided to stage a collective work stoppage because they had not been paid their salaries for the past six months.

17 cán bộ, giảng viên quyết định ngừng việc tập thể vì suốt 6 tháng qua Trường Cao đẳng Y tế Quảng Nam không thanh toán tiền lương.

The Vietnam Football Federation has responded and is seeking to mediate the complaints filed by some former Khanh Hoa players.

Coach Vo Dinh Tan has decided to resign from Khanh Hoa Club after a long period of shouldering the team's difficulties.

The Khánh Hòa players will continue training and preparing for the match against Bình Dương FC after a meeting with local leaders on the morning of December 8th.

Two former Vietnam U23 players find themselves in a difficult situation, having been owed money by their club twice, leading to the entire team suspending training.

Khánh Hòa FC has not trained since December 8th because the players are owed a large amount of money over a long period.

Twenty-four members of Ho Chi Minh City FC have submitted a petition to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) demanding payment of money owed to them by their club for several months.

Many healthcare workers who participated in the fight against COVID-19 during the fourth wave of the pandemic in 2021 in Ho Chi Minh City have yet to receive their benefits.

The World Professional Footballers' Association (FIFPro) has pledged to help Nigerian women's football players recover the money they have been owed for the past two years.

Once among the top four billionaires in China, Yao Zhenhua was unexpectedly knocked to the ground, his glasses falling off, by an employee over two years of unpaid wages.

Since February 2023, bus drivers and staff at Quang An 1 have been without money to cover their living expenses because the company has owed them four months' worth of salaries and has not yet set a payment date.

The story of top-level professional football teams owing players salaries and facing the risk of dissolution is not unique to Vietnam.

According to the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, 36 enterprises owe more than 74 billion VND in wages to 5.979 workers, and so far only 486 people have been paid nearly 18 billion VND.

Drivers and bus assistants on six bus routes in Vinh Phuc province have continued their strike since June 2022, facing unpaid wages and related benefits, causing disruptions to transportation in the province.

From the beginning of 2022 until now, the company managing and operating Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line 1 still owes its employees more than 2,9 billion VND in salaries, social insurance, health insurance, and accident insurance.