Effective June 1, 2024, the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA) in Hanoi will be temporarily delegating authority to the respective People's Committee for the following...

The Vietnamese government announced that it is delegating authority to the Ho Chi Minh City's (HCMC) People's Committee and its affiliated agencies to act on selected administrative matters, including labor management.

The government of Vietnam will increase the minimum wage by six percent beginning 1 July 2022. The new minimum wage will apply to all employees who work under labor contracts...

Eliminate the provision that trained employees must have a higher social insurance contribution rate than untrained employees in Vietnam...

In light of difficulties caused by the 4th wave of COVID-19 the government issued Resolution 116 with financial support packages for employees and employers.

Am 07. August 2025 erließ die Regierung das Dekret Nr. 219/2025/ND-CP zur Regelung der Beschäftigung ausländischer Arbeitnehmer in Vietnam („Dekret 219"), das die bisherigen...

The new Law on Social Insurance is coming into force at the 1 January 2016 and it will introduce some extensive changes which are considered to be good for Vietnam and align with international practice.

On 30 June 2024, the Government issued (i) Decree No. 73/2024/ND-CP regulating base salary and bonus regime; and (ii) Decree No. 74/2024/ND-CP regulating the minimum salary ...

On August 21, 2026, OFCCP published in the Federal Register a final rule eliminating the collection of information on disability from applicants and employees, and retiring the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-approved form (Form CC-305)..

The new Law on Social Insurance is coming into force at the 1 January 2016 and it will introduce some extensive changes which are considered to be good for Vietnam and align with international practice.

The annual VETS-4212 filing season is underway. The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) began accepting reports on Aug. 1, 2026, and covered federal contractors and subcontractors must submit their reports by Sept. 30, 2026.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has finalized a rule which will significantly modify the implementing regulations to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

On 18 September 2023, the Government issued Decree No. 70/2023/ND-CP on amendments and supplementations to Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP...

According to the current provisions of the Labor Code 2019, there is no specific regulation on whether the dismissal must be notified in advance or not. However, when the employer wants the employee...

To provide guidance on the provisions of the Trade Union Law regarding fees payable to trade unions, the government issued Decree No. 191/2013/ND-CP (Decree 191) on 21 November 2013, providing details concerning trade union financial matters.

From 1 July 2017, Vietnam's common based minimum salary will increase from VND 1,210,000 to VND 1,300,000 per month, write TMF Group experts.

There are quite a number of complicated procedures involved in the termination of employment by the employer in Vietnam.

In our legal update "Vietnam's New Decree on Work Permits" of 16 December 2013, we summarised the provisions of the government's Decree 102, dated 5 September 2013, regarding work permits for expatriate employees working in Vietnam.

After a period of discussion and voting, the National Assembly officially approved the proposal to increase the base salary from 1.49 million VND to 1.8 million VND effective from July 2023.

Recently, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam has proposed that the labor contract with a term of one month or more will be subject to unemployment insurance in Vietnam.