The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has been assigned to urgently gather public opinions and streamline procedures for granting work permits to foreign nationals working in Vietnam.

HCM City has cut short the procedures for issuing work permits for foreigners and digitalised the application process to make it easy for enterprises to get work permits for their foreign staff.

Work permit is a document issued by Vietnamese competent authorities to foreign employee when meeting certain conditions as stipulated by law

The Government’s Resolution No. 105/NQ-CP on support for enterprises, cooperatives, and business households has considerably facilitated the granting of permits to foreign workers in Vietnam.

About 18,528 foreigners, who are experts, skilled workers, and managers, expect to come back Vietnam, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) reported.

As many as 93,720 foreign labourers have been working in Vietnam as of August 2020, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Ho Chi Minh City has issued work permits to 5,370 foreigners, including over 2,400 new ones, since the beginning of this year.

The Vietnamese Government has officially permitted 331 Chinese experts, business managers, and highly-skilled workers to enter and work in the country, according to a statement released by the Government Office.

The HCM City Department of Health has issued guidelines for medical surveillance of foreign experts coming from abroad as part of COVID-19 prevention efforts.

HCM City is asking approval to grant new work permits to foreign experts or highly skilled workers arriving from COVID-19-affected countries and territories, especially those in charge of the two metro lines in the city.

Lawyer Truong Quoc Hoe, head of the Interla Legal Office under the Hanoi Bar Association, talks to Kinh tế & Đô Thị (Economy & Urban Affairs) newspaper about the need for strong actions against illegal guest workers.

 Foreigners with bachelor's degrees and at least three years of experience working in their respective fields are no longer required to obtain work permits in Viet Nam, according to a decree approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnamese migrant workers will be allowed to register at Thailand’s labour centres for one-year work permit licenses with comprehensive benefits, the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand said in an announcement on February 24.

More time for investors to change housing projects; Vietnam gets aid to overcome challenges; VTV and Canal+ signing joint venture contract; Vietnamese tea exports to reach $245m in 2014; Central bank: Credit growth nears target

 VietNamNet Bridge – The irresponsibility of the local authorities is the main reason why Chinese unskilled workers can continue to work in Vietnam despite strict regulations set up to prevent them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under current regulations, even Bill Gates and Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg are not eligible to apply for work permits in Vietnam because they do not have a university degree, analysts have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have warned about the presence of numerous Chinese workers in Vietnam, but local authorities are granting more work permits to Chinese workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC government will not allow foreign employees to have their work permits extended in the city but will require them to apply for new ones when their current permits expire.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After several delays, the Art Performing Department began to draft plans to start granting work permits for artists starting in July instead of April as expected earlier, one official has said.