This new regulation is stipulated in an amended draft decree on the management and recruitment of foreign workers in the country.

The draft decree prepared by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will be submitted to the government and once approved, it will come into effect as of July 1. 

The draft decree also says that all illegal workers in Vietnam will be forced to leave the country six months after the decree takes effect if they do not apply for a work permit. 

In addition, the draft decree requires Vietnamese employers to report their recruitment, use and management of foreign workers to local departments of labour, invalids and social affairs. 
Also, foreign enterprises and organizations have to report their plans to use foreign workers when submitting bidding records to Vietnamese authorized agencies, says the decree. 

The draft decree will be a legal foundation for competent agencies to expel illegal workers and create favourable conditions for local authorities to manage them, said Le Quang Trung, Deputy Director of MoLISA’s Department of Employment, who added that the current decree fails to recommend any punishments for law violations by foreign workers. 

VNA