Foreign workers who work in Vietnam can exempt work permit as prescribed in article 154, Labor Code 45/2019/QH14, effective from January 1^st, 2021.

1. Being the owner or capital contributing member of a limited liability company with the capital contribution value in accordance with the Government's regulations.

2. Being the Chairman of the Board of Directors or a member of the Board of Directors of a joint-stock company with the capital contribution value in accordance with the Government's regulations.

3. To be the Head of a representative office, project or to take main responsibility for the operation of international organizations or foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.

4. Entering Vietnam with a term of less than 3 months to make a service offering.

5. Entering Vietnam with a term of less than 3 months to handle problems, complicated technological and technical situations that affect or threaten to affect production, business that Vietnamese experts and foreign experts currently in Vietnam cannot handle it.

6. Being a foreign lawyer who has been granted a license to practice law in Vietnam in accordance with the Law on Lawyers.

7. Cases under the provisions of international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party.

8. Foreigners marry Vietnamese people and live in Vietnam.

9. Other cases as prescribed by the Government.