In particular, Article 21 of Decree 219/2025/ND-CP stipulates the validity period of labor licenses and certificates not subject to labor licensing as follows:
Article 21. The duration of the labor license and the confirmation certificate are not subject to a labor license
1. The term of a labor permit or a confirmation not subject to a labor permit is issued within the term of one of the following cases but not exceeding 2 years:
a) The term of the labor contract is expected to be signed;
b) Deadline in the document of the foreign party sending foreign workers to work in Vietnam;
c) Tampality of contracts or agreements signed between Vietnamese and foreign partners, between Vietnamese partners;
d) Tampality of the contract or agreement on service provision signed between Vietnamese and foreign partners;
d) Deadline in the document of the service provider sending foreign workers to Vietnam to negotiate service provision;
e) The term has been determined in the business license, establishment and operation of an agency, organization or enterprise;
g) Deadline in the document of the service provider sending foreign workers to Vietnam to establish a commercial presence of that service provider;
h) Deadline in the document proving that foreign workers are allowed to participate in the operations of a foreign enterprise that has established a commercial presence in Vietnam;
i) Deadline in the document of a foreign party sending foreign workers according to an international agreement or treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member;
k) Deadline in the document of the foreign party sending foreign workers according to international agreements signed by central and provincial agencies and organizations.
2. The validity period of the confirmation certificate not subject to a work permit in the cases specified in Clauses 14 and 15, Article 7 of this Decree is the validity period confirmed by ministries, ministerial-level agencies or provincial People's Committees, but not exceeding 2 years.
