Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has asked the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) to promptly review and simplify procedures for granting work permits to foreigners in Vietnam in order to remove obstacles and create the conditions for businesses to boost growth.

Focus should be on granting work permits online and taking measures to ensure transparency and convenience for applicants while adopting government policy on attracting, managing, and using foreign workers in Vietnam effectively.

Earlier, MoLISA proposed two options to the government on managing foreign workers.

In the first, the Departments of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in cities and provinces would manage foreign workers based in their locality, including the granting of work permits.

In the second option, provincial-level People’s Committees would manage foreign workers based in their locality.