THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, WAR INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIR
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 07/2004/TTLT-BLDTBXH-BNG
Hanoi, June 03, 2004
 
JOINT CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 183/CP OF NOVEMBER 18, 1994 DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE ON FOREIGN-BASED REPRESENTATION OFFICES OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM IN THE FIELD OF LABOR, WAR INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
In furtherance of Articles 134, 135, 135a and 184 of the 2002 amended and supplemented Labor Code, Articles 7, 9, 10 and 23 of the Ordinance on Representation Offices of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Articles 4, 5, 7, 12, 15 and 20 of the Government's Decree No. 183/CP of November 18, 1994 detailing the implementation of the above-said Ordinance, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hereby jointly guide representation offices of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (hereinafter called the representation offices for short) and Boards for Management of Vietnamese Laborers Overseas to implement them as follows:
I. APPELLATION
The Labor Management Boards and the current sections for management of Vietnamese laborers overseas under the Representation Offices are uniformly appelled the Labor Management Section of the Embassy of the S.R. Vietnam (in areas where the embassies are unavailable, it is named after the Representation Offices; hereinafter called the Labor Management Section for short).
II. TASKS AND POWERS
1. To perform tasks assigned by the State management agencies in charge of labor export and the heads of the Representation Offices.
2. To study and inquire into the markets, labor demands, policies and modes of accepting foreign labor of the host countries in order to propose to the Overseas Labor Management Department of the
3. To guide Vietnamese enterprises to approach markets, sign contracts strictly according to the laws of Vietnam and the laws of the labor-accepting countries.