1. Foreigners working in Viet Nam (hereinafter referred to as foreign workers) in one of the forms below:
a) Working under labor contracts;
b) Being transfer within an enterprise;
c) Performance of any of the following types of contract, namely economic, commercial, financial, banking, insurance, scientific and technical, cultural, sports, educational, vocational training or medical health contracts;
d) Providing services under contract;
dd) Offering services;
e) Working for a foreign non-Governmental organization which is permitted to operate pursuant to the law of Viet Nam;
g) Volunteers;
h) Foreigners responsible for establishing commercial presence;
i) Managers, executive directors, experts and technical workers;
k) Foreigners participating in a tender contract or project in Viet Nam.
2. Employers using foreign employees comprise:
a) Enterprises operating pursuant to the Law on Enterprises and the Law on Investment or international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam is a signatory;
b) Foreign or domestic contractors participating in tendering, carrying out a contract in Viet Nam;
c) Representative offices and branches of an enterprise, agency or organization permitted to be established by the competent authority;
d) State agencies, political, socio-political, socio-occupational-political, social and socio-occupational organizations;
dd) Foreign non-governmental organizations and international organizations in Viet Nam;
e) State professional units established pursuant to the law;
g) Foreign project offices or offices of international organizations in Viet Nam;
h) Operating offices of a foreign investor pursuant to business cooperation contracts or foreign contractors permitted for registration pursuant to the law;
i) Organizations practising law in Viet Nam in accordance with the law;
k) Cooperatives and co-operative groups established and operating pursuant to the Law on Cooperatives;
l) Associations and business associations established in accordance with the law;
m) Business households and individuals permitted to do business in accordance with the law.
Fore more detail, view the full Decree./.
By Thuy Dung