International relationsAsian groups in US blast ICE training in Vietnam as 'vacation'
Weeklong seaside workshop comes in wake of raid on Hyundai plant, Vietnamese detainee deaths
Detainees are in the process of being handcuffed during a raid by U.S. agents at a Hyundai-LG factory in Ellabell, Georgia, where about 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested on Sept. 4. © Reuters
LIEN HOANG
September 12, 2025 18:11 JST
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Dozens of officials are set to fly to Quy Nhon, a coastal town in central Vietnam, for a training program by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Some Asian groups in the United States dismissed the program as a taxpayer-funded "vacation" at a time when ICE raids have resulted in Vietnamese dying or being deported to third countries.