Interview By Eura - European Relocation association on COVID-19 in Vietnam
New amendments of the Immigration law to come into effect in 2020
The National assembly of Vietnam voted on November 25th by over 83% on new amendments of the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners. The new law will be adopted on July 1, 2020.
New Labor Code to come into force in 2021
The National Assembly of Vietnam voted on November 25, 2019 to approve a new labor code which will become effective January 1, 2021. The new labor code will replace the labor code which was implemented in 2013.
New work permit application classification for intragroup transfers
New work permit application classification now accepted by HCMC Labor Department eases key requirement for intragroup transfers. In English, the new classification is called “Manager, Executive Director, Expert and Technical Worker”. For this alert, we will shorten this classification to “MEDET”
Visa Free for Citizens of Chile
Starting from 11 Aug, 2017, Chilean ordinary passports holders are exempted of visa to Vietnam for a period of up to 90 days
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS ARE TESTING ONLINE PORTAL FOR WORK PERMIT APPLICATIONS
A draft circular By MOLISA released in January this year, introduced a nationwide portal for online submission and management of work permit application process.
VIETNAM PILOT FOR E-VISAS. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Further to the decision of the National assembly in November last year to approve the plan to allow foreign visitors to apply visa online and after a slight delay in implementation, the implementation decree 07/2017/ND-CP issued on January 25 went into force on February 1.
One year Vietnam visa granted to US Nationals
Further to the approval by the National assembly of Vietnam in April this year on the issuance of one year visa for US Nationals...
VIETNAM VISAS WAIVER PROGRAM EXTENDED FOR 1 YEAR
Vietnam has issued resolution 56 dated June 30 which confirms the extension of its visa waiver program for five European countries for an additional one year.
NEW DECREE 11/2016/ND-CP IMPLEMENTING THE LABOR CODE RELATED TO FOREIGN NATIONALS WORKING IN VIETNAM
The new Decree 11/2016/ND-CP, issued by MOLISA on February 3, 2016, details the implementation of articles of the labor code on the management of foreign nationals working in Vietnam. This new decree includes the basic implementation guidelines on issuance of Work Permit and on deportation of foreign nationals working in Vietnam without work permit.
