Several English centers in Ho Chi Minh City
leave their victims scratching their heads after they suddenly shut down
without paying tuition refunds to students and salary arrears to teachers.
K.N., a
mother of a student at an Anpha English Center branch in Binh Thanh District,
recently got shocked to see its door tightly shut as she took her child back
there after a national holiday.
“I
already paid VND2.4 million (US$115) for my child’s course which should last
until June,” she said, complaining she could not contact any staff of the
branch at the numbers printed on the tuition receipt.
“I have
no clue what to do next.”
Another
parent, M.T., told Tuoi Tre that the District 5 branch of the center had been
unexpectedly shut down on the same day her son’s course was supposed to begin.
“Last
month I paid them VND1.08 million ($52) for the course, but the branch never
ran it afterwards,” she protested.
The
result is that over 40 staff members and teachers of the center got angry and
last week distrained its property, including computers, air-conditioners,
cassette players, desks, and books, in order to obtain their due salaries.
“The
center still owes each of them between VND3 million ($144) and VND20 ($960)
million,” an employee at the center revealed.
Earlier,
three other language centers in District 5 and Go Vap and Tan Phu Districts
closed down for unknown reasons. They never paid any refund or salary to their
students, staff, and teachers.
TUOI
TRE
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