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Can foreign workers file a lawsuit in Vietnamese Court?

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Can foreign workers sue in Vietnamese Court?

This article provides detailed information about the rights of foreign workers to sue in Vietnamese courts, the conditions, and the legal regulations that need to be known.

According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 465 Civil Procedure Code 2015 as follows:

Litigation rights and obligations of foreigners, foreign agencies and organizations, branches and representative offices in Vietnam of foreign agencies and organizations and international organizations and representative agencies of organizations International in Vietnam, Foreign State

1. Foreigners, foreign agencies, organizations, international organizations, representative agencies of international organizations in Vietnam have the right to sue to Vietnamese Courts to request protection of legitimate rights and interests. their legal rights when violated or in dispute.

Branches and representative offices in Vietnam of authorized foreign agencies and organizations have the right to sue to Vietnamese Courts to request protection of the legitimate rights and interests of authorized foreign agencies and organizations. rights are violated or in dispute.

2. When participating in civil proceedings, foreigners, foreign agencies and organizations, branches and representative offices in Vietnam of foreign agencies and organizations, international organizations and representative agencies of international organizations in Vietnam, foreign States have the same rights and procedural obligations as Vietnamese citizens, agencies and organizations.

3. The Vietnamese State may apply the principle of reciprocity to limit the respective civil procedural rights of foreigners, foreign agencies, organizations, branches, and representative offices in Vietnam of Foreign agencies and organizations whose courts have limited civil procedural rights for Vietnamese citizens, agencies and organizations, and branches and representative offices abroad of agencies and organizations. Vietnam.

Accordingly, when a dispute arises between a foreign worker and an employer who is a Vietnamese agency or organization, a lawsuit can be filed with a competent court to resolve the dispute.

The procedural rights and obligations of foreign workers when filing lawsuits in Vietnamese Courts will be guaranteed the same as Vietnamese citizens, agencies and organizations.