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The new visa policy introduced to ease Japan's labor shortage had taken in 219 foreigners as of the end of September, with Vietnamese accounting for 93, Indonesians for 33, Filipinos 27, and Thais 23, the Immigration Services Agency said. The Specified Skilled Worker visa allows holders to work in Japan without a professional qualification. Before its introduction, all foreign workers were required to have specific qualifications such as an academic degree, special skill or work experience, meaning unskilled workers could not get a visa. The new visa allows foreigners to work for up to five years in 14 sectors: caregiving, building cleaning management, machine parts and tooling, industrial machinery, electrical, electronics and information, construction, automobile repair and maintenance, aviation, hospitality, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, food services, and food and beverages. Proficient workers in the construction and shipbuilding industries can extend their stay by … [Read more...] about Vietnamese take advantage of Japan’s new skilled worker visa

Dang Tuyet Dung, Visa country manager for Vietnam and Laos The State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV) has set forth the target of reducing cash payments in the total payment mix on to below 10 per cent by the end of 2020, then to 8 per cent by 2025. What has Visa been doing to support Vietnam in realising the target? With the network in more than 200 nations and territories, together with support from financial institutes like banks, financial companies, enterprises and fintech companies, our mission is to connect the world with secured, ­efficient and innovative payment ­solutions to all individuals, ­organisations and the economy. In Vietnam, with 14 years of ­operation, Visa prioritises the work with the Vietnamese government as well as the SBV on building and ­improving Vietnam’s payment ­infrastructure as a strategic mission. Visa often pioneers bringing in state-of-the art technologies on e-­payment and digital technology into the … [Read more...] about Visa and the non-cash future

Lawmakers today asked for more careful consideration of the draft amended law on exit and entry of foreigners, which would exempt visa for those who stay a duration of less than 30 days in a coastal economic zone. The draft law stated that the visa waiver would be possible as long as the economic zone has a clearly delineated boundary, an international airport, and that the policy is proven to be needed for the socio-economic development of the area. The policy is meant to institutionalise the 30-day visa exemption that is already being trialled at the island district off the coast of the southern province of Kiên Giang and provide a legal basis to apply the model to other coastal economic zones with similar conditions. The National Assembly Committee of National Defence and Security, tasked with assessing the draft law, said that Việt Nam currently has many spacious coastal economic zones situated near strategic defence points of the country, so putting in place an … [Read more...] about National Assembly concerned over security risks as Gov’t mulls visa exemption for foreigners

Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm answers queries from National Assembly deputies as the parliament discusses the draft amended law on exit and entry of foreigners in Hà Nội on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Lawmakers today asked for more careful consideration of the draft amended law on exit and entry of foreigners, which would exempt visas for those who stay a duration of less than 30 days in a coastal economic zone. The draft law stated that the visa waiver would be possible as long as the economic zone has a clearly delineated boundary, an international airport, and that the policy is proven to be needed for the socio-economic development of the area. The policy is meant to institutionalise the 30-day visa exemption that is already being trialled at the island district off the coast of the southern province of Kiên Giang and provide a legal basis to apply the model to other coastal economic zones with similar conditions. The … [Read more...] about NA concerned over security risks as Gov’t mulls visa exemption for foreigners

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Quang Tung At the first session entitled Potential Opportunities and Strategic Planning for Sustainable Development, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Quang Tung emphasised that Vietnam’s tourism sector is in critical need of restructuring. “In 1990, the country received 250,000 foreign tourists while in 2017, it welcomed more than 13 million foreign and 73 million domestic visitors, meaning that within that period, the number of foreign tourists has increased 52 times while the number of domestic tourists has increased 72 times,” he said. According to the report ‘Global Competitiveness’, Vietnam ranks just 67th out of 136 economies in terms of competitive capacity, occupying the fifth standing in Southeast Asia. Tung stated that the challenges faced by Vietnam’s tourism industry include poor infrastructure, weak human resources, and low capacity for destination management and … [Read more...] about Devising sophisticated ways to develop Vietnam’s tourism