FLAT Legal Journal
3-shift factories — overtime is daily business. China and Vietnam limit it differently: hour caps, allowances, peak-season flexibility. This article compares the legal frameworks. Chinese-law details are for…
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The Vietnamese plant needs your own people — not for weeks but for years. Long-term transfers differ completely from short business trips: mandatory work permits, personal income tax,…
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Chinese and Korean nationals working in Vietnam — work-permit files have nationality-specific points many companies miss, causing rejections and months of delay. This article flags the particular notes…
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The new plant is built, the new line is installed — and 20-30 Chinese specialists need to come for installation, trial runs and handover over 2–6 months. This…
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In northern industrial parks — Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh — a skilled worker may hold 3–4 job offers at once from Chinese, Korean and…
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Effective 10 September 2026, Decree 283/2026/ND-CP replaces in full Decree 12/2022/ND-CP — the framework that governed administrative sanctions for labor and social insurance violations for more than four…
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Quick answer The criminal record check is one of the seven mandatory document groups in a new work permit application dossier (Article 18 of Decree 219/2025/ND-CP). Where to…
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Quick answer The dossier for a new work permit for foreign workers is prescribed in Article 18 of Decree 219/2025/ND-CP and comprises seven document groups: (1) the work…
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Quick answer Employers must redo the justification and approval of foreign worker demand (within the permit application dossier) whenever there is a substantive change from the previously approved…
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Quick answer Under Decree 219/2025/ND-CP (effective 7 August 2025), the justification and approval of the demand for foreign workers is integrated into the work permit application dossier —…
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