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Supplementing requirements for foreign seafarers working onboard Vietnamese-flagged ships

17:30, 18/06/2017

The Ministry of Transport of Vietnam issued Circular No. 17/2017/TT-BGTVT on requirements for foreign seafarers working onboard Vietnamese-flagged ships.

Specifically, responsibility of ship owners employing foreign seafarers is specified in ircular No. 17/2017/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam as follows:

- Instruct foreign seafarers to work onboard Vietnamese-flagged ships in accordance with relevant regulations of the law of Vietnam and international treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory.

- Fulfill all obligations as agreed upon and specified in the seafarer's employment agreements, as regulated by the law of Vietnam and international treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory.

- Electronically update information about dates of starting and ending service, and position of each seafarer working onboard a Vietnamese-flagged ship under his management on the seafarers database of the Vietnam Maritime Administration, and assume responsibility for providing information.

- Timely report any matters relating to the use of foreign seafarers working onboard Vietnamese-flagged ships to the Vietnam Maritime Administration and regulatory authorities of Vietnam.

View details at Circular No. 17/2017/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from July 15, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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