Exclusive: exploitation of Vietnamese students rampant among Melbourne businesses

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Thumbnail_Helen Nguyen still keep 40 dollars Source: SBS

A special investigation by SBS Vietnamese reveals deliberate and ongoing exploitation of Vietnamese students and migrants in the hospitality industry with some staff paid as little as $6 an hour. Many of the employers behind these practices were fellow migrants themselves, revealing an endemic culture of intra-community exploitation within the Vietnamese Australian community.



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