answered about 16 months ago by Steve

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No not impossible! Just keeping the riff raff out of this country before it becomes a 2nd Thailand.

What you need to work in Vietnam legally
1. A degree (ESSENTIAL)
2. Police clearance certificate from your country
3. Proof that you are registered paying tax
4. Local Vietnamese police clearance
5. Medical certificate.

In other words if you are educated and not a criminal you can get a work-permit. I support this stance completely.

answered about 16 months ago by qwerty

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And another question. Are you sure that work permission is needed for all kinds of work? I just got a job offer today at a hotel, and they told me that I didn't need work permission, just the 6 month business visa, and upgrade it again after 6 months.

answered about 7 months ago by pepperdex

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Steve, I guess I am that "riff-raff" you talk about, along with most of the teacher who work here. I have worked in this country for two years with out a work permit(due to not having a degree), and take my job very seriously. Simple fact is, in Hanoi the need for teachers is so high, if all the teacher who don't have work permits were told to leave, half the schools in this country would close. This includes ACET, ILA, APOLLO, CLEVERLEARN ETC. If you have desire to teach in a country like this, a business visa will be fine as the Vietnamese legal system isn't exactly up to scratch, and the Englsih schools know how "deal" the authorities.