BERLIN – Mr Tien Nguyen is a man on a mission. The second-generation Vietnamese-German wants to reduce the likelihood of young Vietnamese being fleeced while migrating to work in Europe’s largest economy.

In 2024, 7,100 Vietnamese citizens signed new vocational contracts in Germany, forming the largest foreign source of apprentices, according to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office . This is a 61 per cent jump from 4,400 in 2023, part of a post-Covid surge after Berlin first approved its Skilled Immigration Act in June 2019.