Foreign expatriates, specialists, employees requesting entry into Vietnam

Due to the coronavirus, Vietnam strictly controls travel restrictions for foreigners.

In Vietnam, travel restrictions were enforced as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus while skilled foreign experts, employees, and expatriates were temporarily returning to their home countries.

Currently, many of the foreigners who have returned to Japan temporarily are unable to enter Vietnam, and this time, due to the importance of each project, a request was made to obtain a travel permit.

Foreign expatriates, specialists, employees requesting entry into Vietnam

There are 8,500 foreigners requesting entry into Vietnam, of which 2,000 are involved in major national projects.

The Ministry of Labor, Labor, Illness and Social Affairs has proposed to the Prime Minister to allow 8,459 foreigners to enter Vietnam.

If you are granted entry, you will be placed in a facility under government supervision for 14 days after entry.

Out of a total of 8,459 foreign professionals, 2,000 are involved in the following projects.

• Cat Linh-Hadong Metro Line 
• Vinh Tan 1 thermal power plant
• LG Display project in Haiphong city
• Samsung Display Vietnam Bac Ninh province
• Texhong Co., Ltd. 
• Electro-Mechanics Vietnam Co., Ltd. 

Foreign personnel who cannot enter Vietnam

The Ministry of Labor, Illness and Social Welfare had a total of 94,000 foreign employees in Vietnam obtaining entry permits before the problem of the new coronavirus occurred.

Currently, 68,521 people are living in Vietnam, of which 15,310 (22.4%) are Chinese and 23,581 (34.4%) are Korean.

There are 25,479 employees who have not yet returned to Vietnam due to the new coronavirus since returning to their hometown for the Chinese New Year, of which 19,113 are Chinese (75%) and 3,766 are Korean (14.8 %). Many of them are professionals and managers.

Due to the new coronavirus, there is a shortage of senior personnel who cannot return to Vietnam, and it has been proposed to alleviate it.

According to the company, most of the affected positions are senior employees with experience in competence, language, and business management and cannot be compensated for through new hires.

Proposals show that long-term shortages of specialists and senior employees will impact the progress of major national projects and other important projects.

 

 

⇒ Status of coronavirus infection in Vietnam