Latest cases of work permit exemption?

Based on Article 154 of the Labor Code guided by Section 2 Chapter II Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP regulates cases exempted from work permits are as follows:

- Be the Head of a representative office, project or have main responsibility for the activities of international organizations and foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.

- Enter Vietnam for less than 03 months to offer services.

- Entering Vietnam for a period of less than 03 months to handle problems, complex technical and technological situations that arise that affect or threaten to affect production and business that Vietnamese experts and other Foreign experts currently in Vietnam cannot handle it.

- Be a foreign lawyer who has been granted a License to practice law in Vietnam according to the provisions of the Law on Lawyers.

- In cases under the provisions of international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.

- Foreigners marry Vietnamese and live in Vietnamese territory.

- Be an owner or capital contributing member of a limited liability company with a capital contribution value of 3 billion VND or more.

- Be Chairman of the Board of Directors or member of the Board of Directors of a joint stock company with a capital contribution value of 3 billion VND or more.

- Moving within an enterprise within the scope of 11 service sectors in Vietnam's service commitment schedule with the World Trade Organization, including: business, information, construction, distribution, education, environment, finance, health, tourism, culture, entertainment and transportation.

- Entering Vietnam to provide professional and technical consulting services or perform other tasks serving research, development, appraisal, monitoring, evaluation, management and program implementation , the project uses official development assistance (ODA) according to regulations or agreements in international treaties on ODA signed between competent agencies of Vietnam and foreign countries.

- Licensed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to operate information and press activities in Vietnam according to the provisions of law.

- Being sent to Vietnam by a competent foreign agency or organization to teach and research at an international school under the management of a foreign diplomatic representative agency or the United Nations; establishments and organizations established under agreements that Vietnam has signed and participated in.

- Volunteers specified inClause 2 Article 3 Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP.

- Enter 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 01 year.

- Enter Vietnam to implement international agreements signed by agencies and organizations at the central and provincial levels according to the provisions of law.

- Pupils and students studying at schools and training facilities abroad who have internship agreements in agencies, organizations and businesses in Vietnam; interns and trainees on Vietnamese ships.

- Relatives of members of foreign representative agencies in Vietnam specified in Point l, Clause 1, Article 2 Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP.

- Have an official passport to work for a state agency, political organization, or socio-political organization.

- Person responsible for establishing a commercial presence.

- Certified by the Ministry of Education and Training for foreign workers entering Vietnam to teach and research.