Social insurance and Medical insurance scheme of foreign workers in Vietnam
Question: Dear lawyers, currently, my company has employees who are foreign workers. However, I still haven't fully understood the social insurance and health insurance benefits that foreign workers are entitled to. Specifically: sickness, retirement, social insurance for the elderly and occupational accidents, what are the benefits and compensations? Hope you...
Social insurance under law on social Insurance
The Law on Social Insurance, 2006 is a law providing for social insurance regimes and policies, the rights and responsibilities of insured laborers, agencies, organizations and individuals; social insurance organizations[...]
Probation period under Vietnam Labor Law.
Question: I’m reaching out to seek your advice on the policy for probation period. At present we have 2 months’ probation policy being followed in Vietnam.
However, we intend to increase the probation period to 6 months owing to the fact that we likely would be hiring employees with deep solution...
Regulation regarding social insurance and unemployment insurance for employees in Vietnam
SBLAW would like to provide Regulation regarding social insurance and unemployment insurance for employees in Vietnam for your kind consideration:
COMMENTS ON THE SOCIAL INSURANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FOR EMPOYEES.
1. The insurance regimes and policies for female employees in maternity leave.
With regard to the social insurance, Pursuant to Article 35.2...
Maternity Leave under Labor Code
The female employee is entitled to take leave before and after birth, collectively of six months[...]
Should the company still have to pay salary for lockdown period?
Question: We want to ask 2 case:
1 – The company has to cease the working due to lockdown because of Covid
2 – The employee can not come to work due to they have to be lockdown
Should the company still have to pay salary for lockdown period?
Answer: We would like...
(Q&A) Quotation – Labor Law in Vietnam
Q: We are a foreign invested company in Vietnam and would like to find a labor lawyer in Vietnam.
Could you please provide us quotation of below questions:
Local Employee:
1. In agreement between employee and employer, could employer pay severance allowance to employee now (before termination LB)?
2. If employer pay severance allowance now,...
Legal advice regarding to labor contract termination
This is relation to the conservation between us from which we were requested to provide legal advice regarding to labor contract termination between your Company and an employee due to the expiry of labor contract.
We further understand that such employee is chairman of Trade Union Committee of your company...
Employee working in household
Articles 179 to 183 of the Vietnam Labor Code deals with the provisions related to employees working in the household[...]
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[...]

















