Foreign petroleum contractors may recruit Vietnamese laborers

Specifically, according to provisions of Article 9 of the Decree No. 03/2002/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, foreign petroleum contractors, foreign-invested petroleum enterprises, when recruiting Vietnamese laborers, must strictly comply with the Vietnamese law provisions on labor. They, after recruiting laborers, must send notices thereon together with the copies of the labor contracts to Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation. Foreign petroleum contractors, foreign-invested petroleum enterprises, when sending Vietnamese laborers to work or study abroad, must notify Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation of the lists of the delegation members and the working or study programs.

Moreover, according to provisions of Article 10 of the Decree No. 03/2002/NĐ-CP, foreigners and overseas Vietnamese working for foreign contractors, or foreign-invested petroleum enterprises in Vietnam must strictly observe the Vietnamese laws and the international agreements which Vietnam has signed or acceded to. Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation may request foreign contractors and foreign-invested petroleum enterprises to terminate labor contracts with laborers when detecting evidence of violations of Vietnamese laws.

In addition, according to provisions of Article 11 of the Decree No. 03/2002/NĐ-CP, information categorized as State secrets in the petroleum sector, when being transmitted by wired, wireless communications means or other technical means, must be encoded according to the State’s regulations on the cipher work. To strictly prohibit the exchange or publication of information listed as State secrets in the petroleum sector on the mass media.

More details at the Decree No. 03/2002/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, effective from January 22, 2002.

Le Vy

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