IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19, WILL THE COMPANY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING WAGE ON CEASING WORK IN CASE EMPLOYEES REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH THE “3 ON-SITE” PLAN?

Question: Dear Lawyer, during the period of social distancing in line with Directive No.16/CT-TTg, our Company are currently developing and implementing the “3 on-site” plan (working, eating, resting at factories) for our employees to ensure both disease prevention control and economic growth.  Even so, in the process of implementing the plan, some employees...

Representative office issues

Question: Our company want to employ one people in Vietnam for liaison/ seeking business opportunity. Is it necessary for us to set up a RO for this purpose? What are the details we need to beware if we need to set up a RO/hiring people(i.e. employment contract(MOLISA), tax issues (Personal Income...

New salary policy to come into force from August 2021

According to the provisions of Resolution 50/NQ-CP dated May 20, 2021 on the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party, the Government has officially assigned the Ministry of Home Affairs to carry out the task "Building and implementing a new salary regime";...
Setting up a foreign invested company

Setting Up HR Company in Vietnam

Client: I run a company that provides two service lines (one recruitment and one that is talent advisory / consulting). Would there be any restriction on setting up a rep office for the talent advisory part of our business? If it is possible to do so it would be great...
termination-labour-contracts-of-redundant-employees-due-to-organizational-restructure

Terminating labor contracts with redundant employees

We understand that your organisation, (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for conducting necessary procedures for terminating labor contracts with redundant employees due to organizational restructure of your subsidiary in Vietnam. We therefore are grateful to present you our Legal Services Proposal for your review and...
the rights of employees

Right of employer and employees under Labor Code 2012

Under the law, the employees have the following rights and duties[...]

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...

Labor regulation and employee benefit under Vietnam Law

SBLAW would like to brief on labor regulation and employee benefit under Vietnam Law as follows: Labor Contract Labor Contract shall be entered with the Employee directly, unless the employee is from 15-18 years old. Labor contract for a period more than 3 months, must be executed in writing...
Labor contract

Labor contract under labor code 2012

The employer and employee have to enter into a labor contract for the work which is the agreement regarding the work conditions, rights and obligations of each party[...]

Advice on obtaining work permit in Vietnam

Question: I want apply for work permit in Vietnam. What procedures do I need to do? Answer: We noted that you would like to seek for legal advice regarding to obtaining work permit in Vietnam. Before moving forward to further step, could you let us know: + Are you working for any company duly established...