QUESTION 8: DOING HEALTH CERTIFICATION FOR WORK PERMIT
According to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 10 of Decree No. 102/2013/NĐ-CP of the Government-dated 05/09/2013 detailing a number of articles of the Labor Code about foreign workers working in Vietnam, among the documents needed to apply for a work permit there have been a health certificate issued in a foreign country or in Vietnam as stipulated by the Ministry of Health.
For health certificate issued in a foreign language, it must be legalized and translated into Vietnamese, certified in accordance with the law of Vietnam.
For health certificate issued by a hospital in Vietnam, the hospital must have examination-for-foreigner function with the purpose of applying for work permit licensed by health sector. Currently, in Ho Chi Minh city, foreigners may contact Thong Nhat Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital, 115 Hospital, Van Hanh Hospital for examination and receiving health certificate.
Thus, foreign workers can choose to have medical examination overseas or in Vietnam as stipulated by the Ministry of Health.