The decision is effective for the period January 10 to February 10, 2015 and applies to Coma, Traenco, Tracimexco, Halasuco and Cefinar who have been found guilty of overcharging for workers.
The Ministry has also asked the five companies to timely report back on measures they have implemented to prevent future reoccurrences of these or similar violations.
Earlier, the department issued a decision to suspend the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Joint Stock Corporation (Leaprodexim) from sending labourers to the Taiwanese market for a period of 45 days since late 2014.