No place for non-licensed foreign workers in Việt Nam

Foreign laborers must be licensed  to work in Việt Nam - Illustration photo

The draft decree stipulates that the Government will refuse the issuance of visa and temporary residence permit at the same time expelling illegal foreign laborers, who work in Việt Nam for more than three months without applying for working licenses.

Six months after the effective date of the new decree, all illegal foreign workers will be expelled if they still hesitate to acquire the licenses.

Foreign workers - who specialize in production operation and management, do not hold any professional certificates, but want to continue working in Việt Nam - must acquire written papers issued by Việt Nam-signed investors certifying that they have at least five-year working experience.

Mr. Lê Quang Trung, Deputy Director of the Employment Department, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said that Decree 34/NĐ-CP only covers conditions for foreign laborers to apply for working licenses. It does not draw any penalty for non-licensed foreign workers.

The new decree, however, will empower appropriate agencies to legally expel restive foreign laborers, the Director continued.

Moreover, project contractors and investors will have to present reports on their employment of foreign laborers to local authorities.

The new decree will be effective on July 1, 2010.

By Hải Minh