Obtaining a work permit or a work permit exemption certification
in Vietnam is often a concern for foreigners. Decree 152 caused
some issues, especially with regard to the requirement to have a
degree matching the job. This is no longer required. There is a new
requirement to post the vacancy before starting the
recruitment.
LEGAL UPDATE
Obtaining a work permit or a work permit exemption certification
in Vietnam is always a concern for foreigners. Following several
meetings between government authorities and business associations,
the Government issued Decree No 70/2023/ND-CP (Decree
70) on 18 September 2023 to amend Decree No.
152/2020/ND-CP (Decree 152).
Decree 70 entered into force on 18 September as well except for
the requirement to publish the vacancy on a specific website. More
on this in section 4 of this update.
