The newly appointed Ambassador of Finland to Vietnam, H.E. Mr. Pekka Voutilainen, officially presented the Letter of Credentials from the President of the Republic of Finland to H.E. Mr. Luong Cuong, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, at a formal ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has received approximately 2,200 seasonal work visa applications this year for the purpose of wild-berry picking in Finland. To date, a majority of the applications have been processed, approximately 1,600 applications in total. The processing has revealed indications of a risk of worker exploitation, as well as shortcomings in employers’ compliance with their statutory obligations. The majority of the applications, approximately 1,400, have been refused.