Vietnam: An employment service provision license shall be valid for at most 5 years

According to Decree No. 52/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, organizations and individuals engaged in the establishment and operation of employment service enterprises shall pay attention to regulations related to employment service provision licenses, specifically as follows:

- Employment service provision licenses (below referred to as licenses for short) shall be granted by provincial-level People’s Committees or provincial-level Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Departments under the authorization of provincial-level People’s Committees (below referred to as competent licensing state agencies) to enterprises established under the law on enterprises and meeting all the conditions prescribed in Article 7 of this Decree.

- A license shall be valid for at most 5 years (60 months).

Besides, licensing conditions include:

- Having a head office as prescribed in Article 8 of this Decree.

- Having full-time staff to provide employment services as prescribed in Article 9 of this Decree.

- Having paid a deposit as prescribed in Article 10 of this Decree.

Enterprises must have stable locations for use as head offices and branch offices for at least 3 years (36 months); if such locations are buildings owned by the persons named in the enterprise registration certificates, the license application dossiers must contain relevant valid papers; if they are rented buildings, there must be lease contracts with a lease term of at least 3 years (36 months).

View full text at Decree No. 52/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 15, 2014.

Thu Ba

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