Labor code

Question: Hi. I'm planning to establish a company in Vietnam and would need to apply for a work permit. I'm French citizen and consultant for more than 15 years. What would be the procedure and time frame and how much would it cost to get a 1 or 2 year...

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...

In addition to Salary, the Employer can pay allowance to Employee. Rate and type of each allowance shall be very much depended on mutual agreement between Employee and Employer[...]

Q: We are a Foreign invested company in Vietnam and a local person who work for us was dead from car accident, now we want to know whether our company should indemnify his family or not, and how much will our company pay according to Vietnam Law if we are obligated to pay. A: Under Vietnam...

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

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

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[...]

The Client is an foreign Embassy in Vietnam. On 16th August 2016, the Embassy and the Employee signed the undefined labour contract and the Employee started work for Embassy from 16th August 2016. The regimes and benefits that the Employee is entitled to under the labour contract including: a) The...

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

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...