New Regulations On Work Permits

Vietnam has just issued welcome new rules (Decree 70 to amend Decree 152) regarding work permits for foreigners. The amendment appears to demonstrate that the Vietnamese Government has taken foreign enterprises' frustrations and comments on work permits into account. The rules to obtain work permits have been made clearer and less restrictive.

1. Better definition of expert, general director and technician.

"Expert": A person with a university degree and 3 years of work experience which experience is aligned with her job in Vietnam. The work experience no longer needs to be within the foreigner's area of training. This change will certainly support foreigners who have worked in fields that are related but different from the field in which they have been trained or in which they have studied.