The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued this Circular on September 26, on the recruitment and management of foreign laborers working in Vietnam
Under the Circular, an enterprise may recruit at least one foreign laborer or 3% of the total number of its laborers (including both Vietnamese laborers and foreign laborers) at the time of recruitment of foreign laborers.
For enterprises engaged in particular domains that employ a small number of laborers or have just begun investment, not yet stabilized production, but wish to recruit foreign laborers for the jobs Vietnamese laborers cannot yet perform, in excess of 3%, they must submit their requests to the presidents of the People’s Committees of provinces or centrally-run cities where they are headquartered for consideration and written approval.
Before recruiting foreign laborers, labor users must send to People’s Committees of provinces or centrally-run cities where the enterprises are headquartered written requests therefor. They may recruit foreign laborers only after obtaining written approval of the presidents of such provincial/municipal People’s Committees
(Source: VietnamLaw)
