Latest cases of foreign workers exempted from work permits in 2023

On September 18, 2023, the Government issued Decree 70/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP regulating foreign workers (NLĐ) working in Vietnam and recruiting and managing Vietnamese workers working for foreign organizations and individuals in Vietnam.

20 trường hợp NLĐ nước ngoài được miễn giấy phép lao động mới nhất 2023.

20 latest cases of foreign workers exempted from work permits in 2023.

Cases of foreign workers not subject to work permit issuance according to Article 7 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP (amended in Decree 70/2023/ND-CP) are as follows:

(1) Be the Head of a representative office, project or be primarily responsible for the operations of an international organization or foreign non-governmental organization in Vietnam.

(2) Entering Vietnam for less than 03 months to conduct service offering.

(3) Entering Vietnam for a period of less than 03 months to handle complex technical and technological incidents or situations that arise and affect or threaten to affect production and business that Vietnamese experts and foreign experts currently in Vietnam cannot handle.

(4) Is a foreign lawyer who has been granted a license to practice law in Vietnam according to the provisions of the Law on Lawyers.

(5) In cases prescribed by international treaties of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.

(6) Being an owner or contributing member of a limited liability company with a capital contribution value of 3 billion VND or more.

(7) Being the Chairman of the Board of Directors or a member of the Board of Directors of a joint stock company with a capital contribution value of VND 3 billion or more.

(8) Internal transfer within an enterprise within the scope of 11 service sectors in Vietnam's service commitments to the World Trade Organization, including: business, information, construction, distribution,education , environment, finance, healthcare, tourism, culture, entertainment and transportation.

(9) Entering Vietnam to provide professional and technical consulting services or perform other tasks serving the research, construction, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, management and implementation of programs and projects using official development assistance (ODA) sources according to regulations or agreements in international treaties on ODA signed between competent authorities of Vietnam and foreign countries.

(10) Licensed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to operate information and press activities in Vietnam in accordance with the provisions of law.

(11) Being sent to Vietnam by a competent foreign agency or organization to teach or to work as a manager or executive director at an educational institution proposed to be established in Vietnam by a foreign diplomatic mission or intergovernmental organization; institutions and organizations established under international treaties that Vietnam has signed or participated in.

(12) Being sent to Vietnam by competent foreign agencies or organizations to teach or conduct research at international schools under the management of foreign diplomatic missions or the United Nations; facilities and organizations established under agreements that Vietnam has signed or participated in.

(13) Volunteers specified in Clause 2, Article 3 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP.

(14) Entering Vietnam to work as a manager, executive director, expert or technical worker for a period of less than 30 days and no more than 3 times in 1 year.

(15) Entering Vietnam to implement international agreements signed by central and provincial agencies and organizations in accordance with the provisions of law.

(16) Students studying at schools and training facilities abroad who have agreements to practice in agencies, organizations and enterprises in Vietnam; interns and trainees on Vietnamese ships.

(17) Relatives of members of foreign representative agencies in Vietnam as prescribed in Point l, Clause 1, Article 2 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP.

(18) Having an official passport to work for a state agency, political organization, or socio-political organization.

(19) Person responsible for establishing a commercial presence.

(20) The Ministry of Education and Training confirms that foreign workers enter Vietnam to perform the following jobs:

- Teaching and research;

- Working as a manager, executive director, principal, or vice principal of an educational institution proposed to be established in Vietnam by a foreign diplomatic mission or intergovernmental organization.

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