Anybody know of any schools in HCM that will hire without degree/cert.

Hi,
You cannot teach English in Vietnam with tourist Visa. As new rule, you have to get working visa before going to Vietnam for working.

Ngoc Trang wrote:

Hi,
You cannot teach English in Vietnam with tourist Visa. As new rule, you have to get working visa before going to Vietnam for working.

Pls tell us where you found that information, ( it might also give me info on other matters ).

You can contact with Labor Authorities when you are working or Immigration department. My company (Oil and Gas Company) usually get tourist Visa for expat before coming to Vietnam and get working Visa / working permit later on.

Last January, Immigration informed in a training meeting organized by Labor Authorities that since 2015 we cannot get working Visa / working permit if the expat keeps Tourist Visa when coming to Vietnam. And now my company applied this rule.

Ngoc Trang wrote:

You can contact with Labor Authorities when you are working or Immigration department. My company (Oil and Gas Company) usually get tourist Visa for expat before coming to Vietnam and get working Visa / working permit later on.

Last January, Immigration informed in a training meeting organized by Labor Authorities that since 2015 we cannot get working Visa / working permit if the expat keeps Tourist Visa when coming to Vietnam. And now my company applied this rule.

Yes, at  Sở Lao động, it is called a Business Visa, ( DN ). came into force on May 1 , 2015.

Yes, but even though I have a DN visa an immigration official in a province that I don't care to name informed me that I couldn't teach unless I had a work permit, which meant that I had to leave the province. 

Oh, snap!

Best of luck to those working outside of the major metropolitan areas.  I won't be making that mistake again.