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...

Vietnam-Unused Annual Leave

Question: If an employee has 14 days annual leave this year, but he terminated in this May with 9 days unused annual leave. Does employer pay for the unused annual leave and how to calculate it? Is the formula correct?   Monthly salary/26*unused days.   Answer:   In case the Employee legally terminate the employment contract, he/she...
Employee working Household

Employee working in household

Articles 179 to 183 of the Vietnam Labor Code deals with the provisions related to employees working in the household[...]
Salary in labor contract

Salary under Vietnam labor code

The salary of the employee includes the salary rate based on the work, allowance and other additions, if any[...]

Employment contract review in Vietnam

Client: Good day! I just received a update from my client and they have the following queries w.r.t employment contract and legal advice provided, 1.       The employee is recruited at executive level relating to sales and some time need to liason with company employees from different time regions . We would not...
unemployment insurance for employees in Vietnam

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...
Tet leaver and holiday

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[...]

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";...
Pregnant business woman article

Maternity Leave under Labor Code

The female employee is entitled to take leave before and after birth, collectively of six months[...]
holidays

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[...]