Who has the authority to establish the employment service center in Vietnam?

What are the employment services in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 36 of the Law on Employment 2013, employment services include job counseling and recommendation; supply and recruitment of workers at the request of employers; and collection and provision of labor market information.

Employment service organizations include employment service centers and employment service enterprises.

Who has the authority to establish the employment service center in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 37 of the Law on Employment 2013, employment service centers are public non-business units, including:

(1) Employment service centers established by state management agencies;

(2) Employment service centers established by socio-political organizations.

Thus, employment service centers can be established by state management agencies or by socio-political organizations.

Employment service centers must be established under the Prime Minister-approved master plans and satisfy the prescribed conditions on physical foundations, equipment and staff. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces or centrally run cities (below referred to as provincial-level) may decide on the establishment of employment service centers specified at Point (1); heads of central socio-political organizations may decide on the establishment of employment service centers specified at Point (2).

Who has the authority to establish the employment service center in Vietnam? (Internet image)

Duties of the employment service centers in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 7 of Decree 23/2021/ND-CP stipulates that employment service centers have the following duties:

- Counseling activities, including:

= Providing counsel and orientation regarding career and national occupational skill qualification framework for employees choosing professions and training plans suitable to their capabilities and aspirations;

= Providing job counsels in order for employees to choose job positions suitable to their capabilities and aspirations; counsels on job application skills; self-employment and domestic and foreign job search;

= Providing employers with counsels on recruitment, placement and management of employees; on administration and development of jobs, and human resource development;

= Providing employees and employers with counsels on labor and employment policies.

- Job recommendation to employees.

- Labor outsourcing and recruitment upon employer’s request, Including:

= Recruiting employees through pre-employment tests to select qualified employees meeting the requirements of employers;

= Supplying employees at employer’s request;

= Introducing employees to enterprises licensed to send Vietnamese workers abroad under contracts, organizations and individuals investing in foreign countries or public service units under the control of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and Governmental bodies that are assigned the tasks of sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts according to the provisions of the Law on Vietnamese Laborers under Contracts.

- Collecting and providing labor market information.

- Analyzing and forecasting the labor market.

- Implementing unemployment insurance policies under regulations of the Law on Employment 2013.

- Providing training in interview, job search and other skills; vocational education in accordance with law.

- Implementing employment-related programs and projects.

Mai Thanh Loi

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