On November 7, 2019, the Minister of Transport issued Circular 43/2019 / TT-BGTVT amending Circular 17/2017 / TBGTVT providing conditions for foreign crewmen to work on Vietnamese seagoing ships. Male. This Circular takes effect from August 1, 2020.
Accordingly, the supplementary Circular stipulates that foreign crewmen working on Vietnamese ships must meet the following conditions:
– Having enough crew health standards and ensuring working age according to the provisions of Vietnamese labor law;
– Having a work permit or written certification not to be subject to a work permit issued by the Employment Department of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Departments of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs;
– Have a seafarer labor contract in accordance with Vietnamese law and comply with the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 of the International Labor Organization. The crew employment contract must be in accordance with the work permit or written confirmation of not belonging to the work permit;
– Having a valid passport for at least 6 months, granted by a competent agency of the country of which the seafarer holds the nationality.
Compared to the current legal documents, Circular 43/2019 / TT-BGTVT has amended and supplemented some new conditions, such as: For cases not subject to issuance of work permits, there must be documents. confirmation issued by the Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Supplementing the conditions on the time limit of Passport must remain valid for at least 06 months by the competent authority of the country of which the seafarer is a citizen; At the same time, the crew members have experience of minimum sea travel time of 36 months.
In addition, seafarers must have adequate professional certificates issued by a Vietnamese competent authority or a competent authority of a country or territory that has been signed an agreement on the recognition of a professional certificate by Vietnam. In case a professional certificate is issued by a competent agency of a country or territory that has been signed an agreement on recognition of a professional certificate by Vietnam according to rules II / 1, II / 2, II / 3, II / 4, II / 5, III / 1, III / 2, III / 3, III / 4, III / 5, III / 6, III / 7, IV / 2, V / 1-1, V / 1-2’s The STCW Convention is required to have a Certificate of Professional Qualification.
Circular 43/2019 / TT-BGTVT has more stringent and detailed regulations on conditions for foreign crewmen working on Vietnamese ships compared to current legal documents.