On February 2nd, 2020, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs sent the Official Telegraph No. 01/CD-LDTBXH on strengthening measures to prevent and combat acute respiratory infection epidemic, according to which businesses having foreign workers or planning on recruiting employees from epidemic areas shall notice as follows:
– Temporarily stop receiving workers returning to Vietnam from China after Tet holiday and foreign workers traveling through epidemic zones during the announcement of the nCoV epidemic.
– In case of having already received these aforementioned workers, the enterprise must report the list of workers who have returned to Vietnam from China with necessary information as required, implement isolation measures at their residences and places of work under the guidance of health authorities, and monitor health checks within 14 days since entry into Vietnam.
– Employment Department; Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs; Management boards of industrial parks, export processing zones and local economic zones shall temporarily stop granting new work permits to foreign workers from epidemic areas during the announcement of the nCoV epidemic in Vietnam.
