Salary under Vietnam labor code

The salary of the employee includes the salary rate based on the work, allowance and other additions, if any.The salary rate of the employee should not be lower than the minimal salary rate prescribed by the Government. The employer shall not entertain any gender discrimination as to salary. The employer...
Vetting of employment contract - your charges?

Vetting of employment contract – your charges?

Question: Hope all is well at your end! How much would you charge to vet the enclosed employment contract? Answer: Yes. Our legal service fee for this case is 350USD. The fee is exclusive of 10% VAT. It shall take us about 03 working days to complete.

Social insurance in Vietnam.

(S&B Law) The Labor Code is applicable to both employers (enterprises, agencies, organizations, co-operatives, etc.) and employees (Vietnamese and foreign employees). The employer is entitled to employ labor directly or via employment services or outsourcing service providers. Further under the law, the employer is responsible to implement the law provisions...

Employment contract under Vietnam Labor Code

SBLAW would like to provide foreign investor some information about employment contract under Vietnam Labor Code as follows:

Holiday & Tet Leave

According to Article 115 of the Code, the employee shall be entitled to the following public holidays and the same shall be fully paid leave[...]

Vacation, holiday & leaves

Annual Leave According to Article 111 any employee who has completed 12 months in full to work for an employer is entitled to leave twelve (12) working days fully paid. If the period of employment is less than twelve (12) months then the employee shall be entitled to annual leave...

Social insurance for foreign employees working in Hanoi

Hanoi Social Insurance Authority has just issued a Dispatch Letter No.5251/BHXH-QLT 2018 dated 3rd December 2018, temporarily guiding on Compulsory Insurance under the Decree No. 143/2018/ND-CP. Accordingly, from 1st December 2018, foreign employees having been granted Work Permit/ Practice License and entered into Employment Contract with definite term of 1...

Sample of labor contract in Vietnam

SBLAW would like to provide to foreign company the sample of labor contract in Vietnam for your execution. Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc —oOo— TP.Hồ Chí Minh, ngày 02/01/2015 Tên đơn vị: Company name: Số/ Number: HỢP ĐỒNG LAO ĐỘNG LABOUR CONTRACT (Ban hành kèm theo Thông tư số 21/2003/TT-BLĐTBXH ngày 22/09/2003 của Bộ Lao...

Urgent Due Diligence required for a Vietnamese Consultant

Question: I am writing to find out about a quote with regards to Due Diligence on an employee we have based in Vietnam. We are an Hongkong based organisation which works with primarily Hongkong companies which are trading with or investing in the Caribbean.  We are expanding range of Chinese and...

Employment Law Lawyer in Vietnam

BLAW advises many foreign invested companies, branches and representative of foreign companies on all aspects of labor matters including recruitment, employment relations advice, labor restructuring and redundancy advices, award policy advice, social, healthcare and unemployment insurance and implementation, drafting of labor contracts, labor collective agreements, acting on behalf of clients in relation to in-courts or out-of court settlement of labor disputes.