Vietnamese embassy visits two injured in RoK factory explosion
Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Management Committee of Vietnamese Workers in the Republic of Korea, and the Employment Permit System (EPS) office on November 12 visited two Vietnamese labourers on November 12 who had been seriously injured in the explosion of the fluoropolymer factory in Wonju city on November 10.
Do Quoc Hung is receiving treatment at Hallym University’s Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital. (Photo: VNA)
Seoul (VNA) – Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Management Committeeof Vietnamese Workers in the Republic of Korea, and the Employment Permit System(EPS) office on November 12 visited two Vietnamese labourers whohad been seriously injured in the explosion of the fluoropolymer factory inWonju city on November 10.
The twoinjured are Do Quoc Hung, born on December 10, 1987, and Vuong Dac Khai, bornon July 21, 1997. After the explosion, they were moved to the HallymUniversity’s Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital in Seoul to treat their scalds.
Meanwhile, two victims were also found dead following the incident. These were ChuVan Duong, born on May 30, 1987, and Tang Van Khanh, born on January 23, 1990,both from the northern province of Lang Son.
The four were all legal workers who had travelled to the RoK to work at theFoosung Precision Industry Company’s plant under an EPS contract.
Representatives fromthe embassy, labour management board, and the EPS office discussed measures tosupport the injured, as well as carried out procedures to bring the bodies of thedeceased home.
Prevciously on November 10, right after hearing the explosion, the Departmentof Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs,asked the labour management board in the RoK to provide a report on theincident and asked the Vietnamese embassy for guidance on working with the EPSoffice and competent authorities to help the labourers with their treatment.
Meanwhile, the board met with relevant sides to deal with procedures for the deceasedworkers.
The RoK’s Yonhap News Agency reported that the incident took place at around9:45am (RoK time), sending out plumes of black smoke from the plant of theFoosung Precision Industry Co., which makes fluoropolymer lined tanks, pipes,and valves. The cause was likely due to a short-circuit during welding. Theplant had only four workers, all of whom were Vietnamese nationals. –VNA
Two Vietnamese were killed and two other workers also from Vietnam were injured in an explosion that occurred at a chemical plant in Wonju city, the east of the Republic of Korea (RoK), on November 10.
Two Vietnamese workers were killed and two others injured when a flouropolymer factory exploded in the Republic of Korea’s Eastern city of Wonju on November 10.
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Do Quoc Hung is receiving treatment at Hallym University’s Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital.
