VIETNAM WORK PERMIT IN DONG NAI AND BA RIA – VUNG TAU FOR FOREIGNERS

Many regions in Vietnam such as Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Ninh Thuan, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Thua Thien – Hue, etc. are rising with the aim to lead the industrial revolution and offer a lot of favorable policies to attract foreign investors and experts. Among them, Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau are two of Vietnam's main manufacturing centers. They are the top largest industrial centers after Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Therefore, these areas are ideal places for foreign workers in Vietnam. Many foreign labors who wish to work in these provinces may not be familiar with the procedure to get a Vietnam Work Permit from local authorities. This article will give a detailed and straightforward instruction for your applications.

WHERE TO SUBMIT VIETNAM WORK PERMIT APPLICATION

In general, the agency competent to grant work permits to foreigners working in Vietnam is the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (“DoLISA”) or management board of local industrial zones where the foreign worker works. Particularly:

In Dong Nai Province, the foreign workers can:

Submit directly to the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dong Nai Province at No. 05, Phan Dinh Phung, Quang Vinh ward, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province.
Submit to the Dong Nai Industrial Zones Authority at No.26, 2A St., Bien Hoa II Industrial Zone, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai Province.

In Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province:

Submit to the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, No. 11 Truong Chinh, Phuoc Trung ward, Ba Ria city, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province.
Submit to the Industrial Zones Authority at No. 198 Bach Dang, Phuoc Trung ward, Ba Ria city, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province

LIST OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN DONG NAI PROVINCE

Dong Nai has 30 industrial zones in total. If you are working in one of them, you need to go to Dong Nai Industrial Zones Authority to submit your Vietnam Work Permit in Dong Nai.

We will represent you some industrial parks in Dong Nai:

Loc An – Binh Son	Giang Dien	Dau Giay	Long Khanh	Ong Keo
AGTEX Long Binh	Tan Phu	Bau Xeo	Thanh Phu	Xuan Loc
Nhon Trach II – Loc Khang	Nhon Trach II – Nhon Phu	Nhon Trach VI	Long Duc	AMATA
Dinh Quan	An Phuoc	Long Thanh	Nhon Trach V	Tam Phuoc
Det May Nhon Trach	Bien Hoa I	Ho Nai	Song May	Nhon Trach I
Nhon Trach II	Nhon Trach III	LOTECO	Go Dau	Bien Hoa II

LIST OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN BA RIA – VUNG TAU

Like in Dong Nai, if your company is in one of the following zones in Vung Tau, the Work Permit must be submitted to the Industrial Zones Authority rather than the DoLISA:

Phu My I	Phu My II	Phu My III	Dong Xuyen
My Xuan A	My Xuan B	Dat Do I	Long Son
Cai Mep	My Xuan B1 Dai Duong	My Xuan A2	My Xuan B1 CONAC
Chau Duc	My Xuan B1 Tien Hung	Long Huong	Da Bac

PROCEDURE OF WORK PERMIT APPLICATION IN BA RIA-VUNG TAU AND DONG NAI

In general, the application of Work permit must comply with the Vietnam Labour Code. According to that, there are 02 main steps to go through:

Registration of the need of using foreign labors

At first, employer of foreigner must explain to the authority the reason they need to recruit foreign worker. If the authority agrees with the recruitment, the Work permit for such job title of that company can be applied.

Work Permit Application Vietnam and Issuance

In this step, required documents include applicant’s passport, health certificate, criminal record, diplomats, experience/ expertise certificate,… The reason is to check if applicant is qualified and suitable for the job position they apply for.

If you want a more detailed instruction on this procedure, take a look at our article about Step to step to obtain a Work Permit in Vietnam.

Normally, all submission shall be made directly to DoLISA or the Industrial Zones Authority at their headquarters. But recently, provinces in Vietnam are developing the online submission scheme. However, the system is still new and in process of improvements so it is not yet popular with enterprises and laborers for applying work permit in Vung Tau and Dong Nai.

HOW TO PREPARE DOCUMENTS FOR WORK PERMIT APPLICATION IN DONG NAI AND VUNG TAU

Whether in Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong province, Dong Nai or Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, required documents for work permit application are almost the same. Assignment letter, expert certificate, criminal record, etc. are those of the top things to prepare in your dossiers. Without these papers, your documents for applying Work permit won’t be eligible. Yet, there are different requirements for each type of these papers:

Assignment letter: This document is for internal transfer case. The time of assignment must exactly match the time to apply Work permit. The assignment letter may contain other information such as position of labourer, job description and so on.

Expertise certificate: From the former foreign employer or the company assigning the labourer to work in Vietnam. Working position and job title must be the same or relevant to the applied position.

Criminal record: issued by a foreign or Vietnamese competent authority which confirms that their criminal record status is NO CONVICTION.

Health-check certificate: Information like name, validity and content must be present in your health check certificate. Also, for Health certificate made overseas, there should be a statement affirming that the applicant’s health is qualified for working.

Some documents above are just some examples in the list of work permit’s documents. For full and for detail, please refer the article about What Are Documents Required For Work Permit Vietnam

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