Vietnam: Principles for conducting electronic transactions in issuance of work permit to foreign worker

- Consistently and strictly comply with regulations of the laws on electronic transactions, management of foreign workers in Vietnam and relevant laws.

- Ensure the continuity, punctuality, obviousness, impartiality, integrity, safety, efficiency and compliance with regulations of the law on information security and integrity.

- The employer who wants to conduct electronic transactions must have an electronic transaction account for access to the website.

Besides, Circular No. 23/2017/TT-BLĐTBXH of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam also stipulates applications for issuance of work permit for foreign worker, specifically as follows:

- The application for issuance of work permit for the foreign worker includes the application form and attached documents which must be conformable with regulations of the law on electronic transactions and management of foreign workers in Vietnam.

- The employer must convert paper documents attached to the application form for issuance of work permit for the foreign worker into portable document format (pdf), document (doc, docx) or joint photographic experts group (jpg) files. Such conversion must satisfy the following requirements:

+ Reflect the complete contents of paper document;

+ Be converted from paper documents into electronic documents.

- If paper documents are null and void, the electronic documents are also null and void.

View relevant details at Circular No. 23/2017/TT-BLĐTBXH of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam, effective from October 02, 2017.

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