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From 15th February 2021, Decree 152 of the Government of Vietnam, which regulates issues related to work permits for foreigners, will officially take effect and will have some influence on foreign workers who have been and will be working in Vietnam. Therefore, the most important thing for employers as well as foreign workers is to know what is needed to prepare before making a long-term plan to work and stay in Vietnam. In this article, Visa5s will introduce to you the necessary documents for granting Vietnam work permit under the new decree in 2021.

 Decree 152/2020/ND-CP regarding foreign workers working in Vietnam specifies the cases that the foreign worker is not required to be granted a work permit is effective from February 15, 2021. Pursuant to that, the following foreign workers are not required to be granted work permits

Currently due to the complex covid-19 epidemic situation globally, many countries around the world are blockading or restricting their borders to control and prevent the epidemic from spreading. However, once the epidemic was under control, many countries began to loosen their border measures. In Vietnam, although there are still many strict requirements of disease control, foreign experts and investors are still be able to return to Vietnam to continue working. In this article, visa5s will guide you the process of applying for a dispatch to Vietnam in the special context of corona epidemic.

Beside Temporary Residence Card (TRC) for relatives of foreigners living in Vietnam, Department of Vietnam Immigration also issues the TRC for foreign wife/ husband/ child of Vietnamese citizens. With the Temporary Residence Card – Type: TT, he or she is able to live in the country up to 03 years. Procedure for apply this TRC is less complicated than the other (type: DN, ĐT, LĐ…). However, please take a note that Temporary Residence Cards will not be issued if the applicant’s passport is valid for less than one year, and the duration of the residence card will always be at least one month shorter than the duration of the holder’s passport.

Vietnam is a potential and well-developing market to many merchants in the Orient areas as well as from other side of the planet. So naturally, many foreign companies are trying to dig in and expand their business here with an initial step that is establishing representative office (“RO”) in Vietnam. The RO shall work on behalf of its parent company in Vietnam, or in a certain region in Vietnam with functions such as liaising customers, partners in Vietnam with parent company, researching and promoting parent company on market and alike. Both Vietnamese and foreign company can establish their representative office but each has a different set of requirements. In this article, Visa5s shall focus on how to set up representative office for foreign companies in the first step to Vietnam.

Located at Quang Tri province, Lao Bao is an important international border between Viet Nam and Lao. Not only just a tourist attraction, it is also one of the most popular “commercial centers- borders” in Viet Nam. A lot of foreigners in the middle region of Vietnam are interested in getting a visa run, especially expats in Hoi An, Da Nang, to extend their stay in Vietnam. This process will not be too hard, as long as you follow the right instruction. In this article, Visa5s would like to give you some information about Vietnam visa run at Lao Bao border crossing from Da Nang- Hoi an.