FOREIGN WORKERS DO NOT NEED TO OBTAIN A WORK PERMIT IN THE FOLLOWING CASES
(1) Head of representative office, project or main responsibility for activities of international organizations, foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.(2) Entering Vietnam with a term of less than 3 months to make a service offering.(3) Entering Vietnam for less than 3 months to handle problems, technical situations, complex technologies that affect or threaten to affect production and business that Vietnamese experts and foreign experts currently in Vietnam can’t handle it.
(4) Being a foreign lawyer who has been granted a license to practice law in Vietnam in accordance with the Law on Lawyers.(5) Cases under the provisions of international treaties to which Vietnam is a contracting party.(6) Foreigners marrying Vietnamese and living in Vietnam.(7) Being the owner or capital contributor of a limited liability company with a capital contribution value of VND 3 billion or more.(
Being the Chairman or member of the Board of Directors of a joint-stock company with a capital contribution value of 3 billion VND or more.(9) Internal movement of enterprises within 11 service industries in Vietnam’s service commitment schedule with the World Trade Organization: business, information, construction, distribution, education, environment schools, finance, health, tourism, culture, entertainment and transportation.(10) Entering Vietnam to provide professional and technical consulting services or perform other tasks for research, construction, appraisal, monitoring, evaluation, management and implementation programs and projects using ODA capital.
(11) Licensed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to operate information and press in Vietnam.(12) Being sent to Vietnam by a competent foreign agency or organization to teach or conduct research at an international school under the management of a foreign diplomatic mission or the United Nations; establishments and organizations established under agreements that Vietnam has signed or joined.(13) Volunteers are foreign workers working in Vietnam voluntarily and without pay to implement international treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory and certified by diplomatic missions foreign or international organizations in Vietnam.(14) Entering Vietnam to work as a manager, executive director, expert or technical worker with a working period of less than 30 days and no more than 03 times in a year.(15) Entering Vietnam to implement international agreements signed by central and provincial agencies and organizations.(16) Students who are studying at overseas schools and training institutions that have an internship agreement in agencies, organizations and enterprises in Vietnam; trainees and trainees on Vietnamese ships.(17) Relatives of members of foreign representative missions in Vietnam are allowed to work in Vietnam according to the provisions of international treaties to which Vietnam is a contracting party.(18) Having an official passport to work for state agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations.(19) Person responsible for establishing a commercial presence.(20) Having been certified by the Ministry of Education and Training as a foreign worker entering Vietnam for teaching and research purposes.