Vietnamese migrants fill Romania’s worker crunch but face risk of exploitation

By Sen Nguyen

Van* had never seen snow or left her home country of Vietnam until she arrived in Romania. She is among hundreds of employees at a Turkey meat producing plant in the small town of Codlea, about three hours from the capital Bucharest.“I went far away to work so that my son can have a better life and his life will not be as hard as his mother’s,’’ Van told This Week in Asia, adding that she sends money home from the Eastern European state every month.In 2019, Van, who is from a town in northern…

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