Current status of work permits for foreigners in Vietnam

Demandforeign workers has become popular thanks to the increase in foreign investment projects in Vietnam, the need to use services provided by foreign businesses and thanks to the signing of international free trade agreements such as WTO, ASEAN…The following article aims to evaluate the current situation of foreign labor in Vietnam, find pressing issues in foreign labor management and provide policy implications on foreign labor management.

The labor market in the context of an open economy has created an increasingly vibrant flow of international labor migration, with foreign workers entering Vietnam increasing day by day. According to reports of the Departments of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of provinces and centrally run cities and the Management Boards of industrial parks, export processing zones and economic zones

Foreign Labor Force entering Vietnam, focusing on some big cities and cities. Ho Chi Minh is the place with the largest number of foreign workers (hereinafter referred to as foreign workers) accounting for 23.43%, followed by Hanoi with about 12.73%.

Foreign workers entering Vietnam are increasing rapidly due to many reasons, but there are two main reasons that strongly affect the flow of foreign workers into Vietnam:
- The first, due to the rapid increase in foreign investment in Vietnam, leading to an increased demand for foreign workers to work in Vietnam.
- Monday, Vietnam has many new industries and fields that require experienced and specialized foreign workers to undertake jobs that domestic human resources cannot yet meet.

The results of in-depth interviews show that there are some problems in the issue of work permits for management agencies, businesses and foreign workers:

For work permit granting agencies (Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Management Board of Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones) only issue permits to foreign workers when the enterprise/foreign laborer provides complete documents and procedures. However, the management of foreign workers after issuing work permits still has many problems. For example, after granting a license, do foreign workers actually work at the registered enterprise? Did you do the job according to the work content in your work permit? Is the working time at the enterprise in accordance with the term of the work permit?... To manage the above contents, close coordination is needed from many relevant agencies such as: Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, and the police. , Immigration …

Actual violations related to work permits include:
- Foreign workers do not actually work at the registered enterprise/locality.
- The term of work permit issuance is longer than the actual working time
- Foreign workers do work without a work permit...

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Issues raised in the management of foreign labor:
The above picture of the current situation shows us that besides the effectiveness they bring, there are also consequences for socio-economic life such as:
- Non-compliance with Vietnamese legal regulations on visas, licensing, and license renewal causes many inadequacies in management.
- Creates pressure on jobs and income for local workers due to the influx of unskilled workers circumventing the law.
- Increases the burden on the budget balance because they use more services than contribute taxes.
- Cultural conflicts: Cultural differences leading to collisions have been and will continue to create political pressure in deciding and implementing foreign labor management policies. Cultural conflicts will lead to political and social instability.
- Create human resources to replace foreign workers.