On August 24, 2026, the XVIth National Assembly passed Law No. 22/2026/QH16 on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Law on Vietnamese Guest Workers.

Under Clause 8, Article 1 of Law No. 22/2026/QH16, which amends Article 18 of the 2020 Law on Vietnamese Guest Workers, No. 69/2020/QH14:

1. A service enterprise may proactively prepare worker sources before registering a labor supply contract based on the enterprise’s needs, the receiving market and its capacity to conclude labor supply contracts.

2. A service enterprise shall prepare worker sources by carrying out one or several of the following activities:

a/ Directly providing, or coordinating with organizations and units having relevant functions or politico-social organizations in providing, information and conducting dissemination activities among workers for the preparation of worker sources;

b/ Providing counseling and organizing preliminary selection of workers;

c/ Directly providing, or cooperating or entering into partnership with education institutions in providing, training and refresher training in occupational skills and foreign languages for workers when necessary in accordance with the law on education.

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Accordingly, the new Law allows service enterprises to proactively prepare worker sources before registering labor supply contracts. Worker sources may be prepared through dissemination and provision of information, counseling, preliminary selection, or coordinated provision of training in occupational skills and foreign languages for workers.

In addition, the Law adds a condition applicable to enterprises providing the service of sending Vietnamese workers abroad as guest workers.

Under Point a, Clause 6, Article 1 of Law No. 22/2026/QH16, the conditions for grant of a License are supplemented with the following requirement:

Having professional staff who satisfy the conditions prescribed by the Government.

Besides, the at-law representative of an enterprise whose License has been revoked in certain cases, or an enterprise whose License has been revoked in the cases prescribed by law, will not be granted a new License for 5 years from the date of issuance of the revocation decision.

The Law also amends service enterprises’ responsibilities for updating information. Accordingly, within 5 days from the date of occurrence of a change, an enterprise shall post on its website and update on the database information on Vietnamese guest workers on its at-law representative, professional staff, head office address, branches, business locations, and certain other relevant information.

Thus, Law No. 22/2026/QH16 focuses on improving the mechanism for management of activities of sending Vietnamese workers abroad as guest workers, increasing enterprises’ proactiveness in preparing worker sources, and adding requirements concerning operation conditions, information disclosure and management of worker data.