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WORK PERMIT IN VIETNAM – REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCES
Foreigners working in Vietnam shall comply with the local regulations properly. There are regulations on issuance of work permit in Vietnam and cases of expulsion, we hope our following guidances will be useful information for both employers and employees.
REGULATED ENTITIES ON REGULATIONS
1. Workers who are foreign citizens moving to Vietnam for employment for the purpose of:
- Executing the labor contracts.
- Internal reassignments
- Enforcing contracts or agreements on business, commerce.
- Providing services under contracts.
- Offering services.
- Working for foreign non-governmental organizations or international organizations in Vietnam.
- Taking charge of establishing the commercial presence.
- Working as managers, chief executive officers, experts, technicians
- Participating in the execution of bid contracts and projects in Vietnam.
2. Employers of foreign workers include:
- Enterprises operating in accordance with the Enterprise Law.
- Foreign or Vietnamese contractors participating in the bidding or executing contracts.
- Representative offices, branches of enterprises, agencies or organizations licensed by the competent authorities.
- Foreign non-governmental organizations or international organizations in Vietnam.
- Offices of foreign projects or international organizations in Vietnam.
- Executive offices of foreign investors in business cooperation contracts or those of foreign contractors awarded operating licenses by the law.
- Business households or individuals licensed to do business in accordance with the law.
CONDITIONS FOR ISSUING THE WORK PERMIT IN VIETNAM FOR FOREIGNER
1. The worker is a manager, chief executive officer, expert or technician.
2. The employment of the foreign worker is approved in writing by a state competent authority.
3. The worker’s health is fit for working and the worker is not a criminal or liable to criminal prosecution in accordance with the Vietnam law and the foreign country’s law.
DURATION OF THE WORK PERMIT IN VIETNAM
The duration of a work permit in Vietnam shall not exceed 02 years and is equal to one of the following durations:
1. The duration of the labor contract to be signed.
2. The duration of assignment in Vietnam decided by the foreign partner.
3. The duration of the contract or agreement signed by and between the Vietnamese partner and the foreign partner.
4. The duration of the service contract or agreement signed by and between the Vietnam partner and the foreign partner.
5. The duration stated in the paper made by the service provider who sends the foreign worker to Vietnam to negotiate the service supply.
6. The duration stated in the paper proving the foreign worker’s eligibility to participate in the operation of a foreign enterprise that has established its commercial presence in Vietnam.
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