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Here to stay 

September 9, 2011
Here to stay 

  Vietnam has to get very tough or the flood of illegal Chinese workers will continue Chinese workers at a construction site in the south-central province of Phu Yen. Thousands of illegal workers will continue taking jobs from Vietnamese workers if the Vietnamese government does not take action now, analysts say. There will be no [...]

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Nearly 3000 illegal foreign workers in HCM City

December 21, 2009
Nearly 3000 illegal foreign workers in HCM City

HCM City authorities recently checked the employment records of foreign workers at 3,733 organisations and detected nearly 3000 illegal foreign workers. A Chinese doctor who works illegally in HCM City. According to the HCM City Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs the city currently has 16,811 foreign employees, not including African manual workers (who [...]

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Foreign teachers still recruited without work permits

December 4, 2009
Foreign teachers still recruited without work permits

LookAtVietnam – It is so difficult to find foreign teachers who meet requirements to work in Vietnam that schools claim they are forced to recruit part time teachers without work permits. Only 30 percent of foreign teachers at the foreign language training establishments have work permitsAt present, only 30 percent of foreign teachers have work [...]

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New visa rules leave expats bemused

November 22, 2009
New visa rules leave expats bemused

Foreigners in downtown Saigon.LookAtVietnam – He is married to a Vietnamese citizen and has lived and worked in the country legally for more than a decade. A visa extension has been a routine formality all these years. Until nowAn expat who did not want to be named said he could not believe it when his [...]

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New visa rules leave expats bemused

November 22, 2009
New visa rules leave expats bemused

Foreigners in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. He is married to a Vietnamese citizen and has lived and worked in the country legally for more than a decade. A visa extension has been a routine formality all these years. Until now.An expat who did not want to be named said he could not believe it [...]

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Hanoi: 70 percent of foreign teachers still don’t have work permits

November 11, 2009
Hanoi: 70 percent of foreign teachers still don’t have work permits

VietNamNet Bridge – Only 30 percent of foreign teachers teaching languages at training centres have work permits. An English lesson at Nam Trung Yen Secondary SchoolThe information was released at the conference on overseas-funded training centres held by the the Hanoi Education and Training Department on November 5. According to the department, there are nearly 40 [...]

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Hanoi language schools lack legal foreign teachers

November 9, 2009
Hanoi language schools lack legal foreign teachers

Around 70 percent of foreign teachers in Hanoi are working without labor permits and the quality of many international schools does not match their exorbitant prices, a Hanoi education official said Thursday. Pham Van Dai, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, said most foreign teachers in Hanoi were working part-time and [...]

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HCMC seeks stricter measures against illegal foreign workers

October 26, 2009
HCMC seeks stricter measures against illegal foreign workers

LookAtVietnam – The Ho Chi Minh City administration will ask the government to increase fines imposed on firms that employ illegal workers by ten times. A foreigner works for a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District.LookAtVietnam – The Ho Chi Minh City administration will ask the government to increase fines imposed on [...]

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HCMC seeks stricter measures against illegal foreign workers

October 26, 2009
HCMC seeks stricter measures against illegal foreign workers

A foreigner works for a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District The Ho Chi Minh City administration will ask the government to increase fines imposed on firms that employ illegal workers by ten times. Le Hoang Quan, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee, said the fines against employers found using illegal workers, [...]

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Foreign workers without permits could be expelled

July 25, 2009
Foreign workers without permits could be expelled

Foreigners working for three months or more in Vietnam without a valid work permit could be sent home once a draft decree released this week takes effect.  An African man works at a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City.Employers would be fined VND15- 20 million (US$842-1,123) for failing to have valid permits made for their [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...