Vo Van Minh, Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People's Committee: Need to apologize to the business if the documents are returned second time

On October 30, Vo Van Minh, Deputy Secretary of Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People's Committee, chaired a meeting with Provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Provincial Industrial Parks’ Management Board to handle foreign work permit applications.

Pham Van Tuyen, Deputy Director of Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said that the internal software "Subject Management" built in 2013 no longer meets the current new management requirements and professional expertise of the department, of which the most urgent is the employment management module... Receiving and handling administrative procedures are carried out on the software of each unit or directly, so the management of foreign workers faces many difficulties. In addition, currently the number of documents related to foreign workers is very large, but with the current short processing time as regulated, it is not possible to check and resolve promptly according to regulations...

Speaking in conclusion, Minh asked Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to complete the receipt of documents at single-window divisions; advise the province to propose Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs removes some related difficulties and obstacles, meeting the needs of enterprises in terms of foreign workers to serve production and business. Develop regulations and arrange for personnel to filter applications, needs assessment department, and license foreign workers, to ensure licensing on time as prescribed. In case the application does not meet the conditions, it is necessary to review, quickly respond, and instruct businesses to supplement the application to limit prolonging processing time, ensuring the application return rate is not more than 5%; At the same time, it is necessary to apologize to the business if a second return occurs. In addition, Provincial Public Administration Center needs to seriously carry out supervision of the receiving and processing licensing applications for foreign workers...

Reported by Minh Duy - Translated by Ngoc Huynh