Laws in Vietnam

  After assessment and approval of the first vaccine protecting against Covid-19 to be delivered in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health issues the Decision No. 1210/QD-BYT , approving the Plan to receive, preserve, allocate and use COVID-19 vaccines secured through the COVAX Facility for the 2021-2022 period. In this Plan, the recommended vaccine delivery schedule in 2021 is informed. This schedule is shown in the Appendix I to the Decision No. 1210 as follows: 1. 1 st Quarter/2021: - Quantity:  Approximately 1.2 million of doses for about 600,000 persons. - Beneficiaries: No. Prioritized population Estimated number of persons Vaccination rate Number of recipients 1 Health workers 500,000 0.95 475,000 2 Staff engaged in disease prevention and control activities 116,000 0.95 110,200 Total 616,000 ...

  Currently, the State has licensed Covid-19 vaccines for use within the territory of Vietnam. Because of wishing to urgently vaccinate their employees, many enterprises have imported Covid-19 vaccines at their discretion for their own use. However, is this allowed?   The Resolution No. 21/NQ-CP , issued on February 26, 2021, regulates the purchase and use of COVID-19 vaccines.   As per regulations laid down in clause 7 of Article 4 in this Resolution, the State encourages competent entities to organize voluntary vaccination if they have demands and can pay for vaccination at their own expense.   Organizations, units and enterprises are allowed to use funds within the recurrent expenditure estimates covered by the law on state budget or operating funding sources as prescribed by laws or operating expenditures prescribed by laws or recorded as deductible expenses for determination of taxable income according to the corporate income tax law, in order to vaccinate...

Below are detailed instructions about procedures for extension of temporary residence for foreigners who wish to continue to stay in Vietnam after end of their permitted temporary residence duration. There are a lot of reasons why foreigners wish to extend their temporary stay in Vietnam, including reasons related to their work, families, unexpected events, or even keeping themselves away from Covid-19 disease. *The following chart delineates procedures for extension of temporary residence for foreigners: Discussion matters Application procedures for decision on extension of temporary residence for foreigners Cases subject to regulations laid down in Article 35 of the 2014 Law on Entry and Exit Cases subject to Article 5 of the Circular No. 04/2016/TT-BNG 1 Requirements for grant of permission for extension of temporary residence -  Any foreigner who is temporarily residing in Vietn...

In the context of the increasing number of infected and suspected cases, Vietnam has reported thousands of employees are quarantined due to suspected infection with corona virus. With a view to protecting them, what are benefits that they are granted if they are quarantined? 1. They are allowed to take paid leave due to quarantine This is an issue that has recently attracted a lot of attention. If you are quarantined due to this infectious disease, don't worry that you will receive wages or salaries as usual. According to provisions laid down in clause 1 of Article 98 in the 2012 Labor Code , in case where objective causes such as natural disasters, conflagration, fatal diseases or hostility (through no fault of an employee) are defined, such employee will be paid wages or salaries when on leave. Rate of wage and salary paid to an employee on leave will be agreed upon between that employee and the payer provided that such rate is not less than the region-specifi...