THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE -
THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, WAR INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 59/2006/TTLT-BTC-BLDTBXH
Hanoi, June 26, 2006
 
JOINT CIRCULAR
GUIDING BROKERAGE FEES FOR LABOR EXPORT
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 81/2003/ND-CP of July 17, 2003, detailing and guiding the implementation of the Labor Code concerning Vietnamese working overseas;
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs hereby jointly guide brokerage fees for labor export as follows:
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Brokerage fees (consultancy fees for contract performance) are the sum which laborers, or labor export enterprises and laborers have to pay to brokerage parties to secure contracts to send laborers to work overseas.
2. Brokerage fees must be specified in labor supply contracts, or separate brokerage fee contracts signed between labor export enterprises and brokerage parties. Brokerage fees shall only be paid when brokerage parties have completed brokerage activities to send laborers to work overseas under contracts.
3. Brokerage parties mentioned in Clause 1 of this Section are Vietnamese or foreign organizations and individuals providing brokerage services.
4. Brokerage fees shall not apply to cases in which employers renew labor contracts after laborers have completed contracts signed with labor export enterprises.
II. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
1. Brokerage fee level
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