WilliamCave Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I was out to a restaurant last night and the staff were about 12 Vietnamese with 2 Thai staff. Is this part of the AEC free movement of labour ? Many of the restaurants in my area employ Burmese I am near bang Yai in Nontaburi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba1 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Practically speaking there is no freedom of movement of labor into Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Assuming they aren't illegal, two likely options: - Thailand did take in some Vietnamese in the 50s and 60s, most notably Ho Chi Minh himself. There is still a small community mainly in the north east. I once met a old lady crossing into Laos. Fluent in Thai but using a VN passport and has lived most of her life Thailand. - Vietnamese are now eligible for the same migrant labour permits that the Cambodians, Laotians and Burmese have been able to get. Edited July 13, 2016 by samran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 WM perspective... learned... could not possible consider this or accept this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Definitely not. The ASEAN Economic Community allows the free movement of labour for eight professions at this point in time: engineering, nursing, architecture, medicine, dentistry, tourism, surveying and accounting. They probably couldn't find Thai staff to work for a similar wage. How can we have so many Burmese gardeners, contructionworkers, landworkers if those are the rules? Not to mention the loads of Indian salesguys i saw on the street many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Definitely not. The ASEAN Economic Community allows the free movement of labour for eight professions at this point in time: engineering, nursing, architecture, medicine, dentistry, tourism, surveying and accounting. They probably couldn't find Thai staff to work for a similar wage. Not correct, there is no free movement of labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Definitely not. The ASEAN Economic Community allows the free movement of labour for eight professions at this point in time: engineering, nursing, architecture, medicine, dentistry, tourism, surveying and accounting. They probably couldn't find Thai staff to work for a similar wage. How can we have so many Burmese gardeners, contructionworkers, landworkers if those are the rules? Not to mention the loads of Indian salesguys i saw on the street many years ago. Burmese can work under the migrant labour program. The Indians most likely have Thai citizenship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba1 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Definitely not. The ASEAN Economic Community allows the free movement of labour for eight professions at this point in time: engineering, nursing, architecture, medicine, dentistry, tourism, surveying and accounting. They probably couldn't find Thai staff to work for a similar wage. How can we have so many Burmese gardeners, contructionworkers, landworkers if those are the rules? Not to mention the loads of Indian salesguys i saw on the street many years ago. Indian sales guys are usually Nepalese that migrated to Burma and then Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weblo Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 A very high percentage of workers in the service industry are foreigners. It has always been this way. I would think the Thais are too lazy, or just refuse to work for the wage offered at these establishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Definitely not. The ASEAN Economic Community allows the free movement of labour for eight professions at this point in time: engineering, nursing, architecture, medicine, dentistry, tourism, surveying and accounting. They probably couldn't find Thai staff to work for a similar wage. How can we have so many Burmese gardeners, contructionworkers, landworkers if those are the rules? Not to mention the loads of Indian salesguys i saw on the street many years ago. Indian sales guys are usually Nepalese that migrated to Burma and then Thailand. Yup they were Nepalese iirc. They were all over the sidewalks selling touriststuff and annoying them. It will be fun to see farang working in Thailand who have another Asian passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Definitely not. The ASEAN Economic Community allows the free movement of labour for eight professions at this point in time: engineering, nursing, architecture, medicine, dentistry, tourism, surveying and accounting. They probably couldn't find Thai staff to work for a similar wage. How can we have so many Burmese gardeners, contructionworkers, landworkers if those are the rules? Not to mention the loads of Indian salesguys i saw on the street many years ago. Indian sales guys are usually Nepalese that migrated to Burma and then Thailand. How can some from Nepal be Indian? The Indian sales guys are Sikhs who are Thai citizens. Sikhs have been living in Thailand for the last 150 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba1 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Definitely not. The ASEAN Economic Community allows the free movement of labour for eight professions at this point in time: engineering, nursing, architecture, medicine, dentistry, tourism, surveying and accounting. They probably couldn't find Thai staff to work for a similar wage. How can we have so many Burmese gardeners, contructionworkers, landworkers if those are the rules? Not to mention the loads of Indian salesguys i saw on the street many years ago. Indian sales guys are usually Nepalese that migrated to Burma and then Thailand. How can some from Nepal be Indian? The Indian sales guys are Sikhs who are Thai citizens. Sikhs have been living in Thailand for the last 150 years. What he was calling Indians are actually Nepalese. The Sikhs are easy to recognize because of the turban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Well it was like 6 years ago on the road from Karon to Kata beach in Phuket. There were 100 of them selling souvenhirs and they all spoke good english (compared to the Thai) with Indian accents. Even if they all live in Thailand for ages how can a group like that suddenly take the whole street? Oh well, in Phuket anything is possible. Some months ago i saw a farang selling shawarma on a busy market in BKK, he had the real grillmachine and all but it was soo crowded i couldn't buy from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaipod Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) There are a lot of viet workers especially in the restaurants and service industries throughout Bangkok. I just went to a up market viet restaurant last week and had all vietnamese staff. Thailand has recently announced it is now looking at Vietnamese for for filling different trades, services and manufacturing as the demand now cannot keep up due to Thais are not in the game anymore. Also now looking at the streets and services its sad to see that there are so many Burmese and other neighbours doing trade selling goods that Thais did. Edited July 16, 2016 by thaipod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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