NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2025
Decree No. 219/2025/ND-CP issued by the Government on 7 August 2025, regulating foreign workers working in Vietnam, replacing Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP and Decree No. 70/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP Some notable new provisions of Decree No. 219/2025/ND-CP regarding foreign workers in Vietnam include: (1) The requirement of 3 years of experience for experts to obtain a work permit has been removed. According to Clause 3, Article 3 of Decree No. 219/2025/ND-CP, an expert is a person who: a) Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher (or equivalent) and have at least 2 years of relevant working experience; b) Hold...