Vietnam: Employee Rights/ Labour Relations

Vietnam hat sein Arbeitsrecht grundlegend reformiert. Das Sozialversicherungsgesetz 2024 und das Arbeitsgesetz 2025 erweitern die Versicherungspflicht erheblich, während die Regierung ihre digitalen Überwachungssysteme ausbaut. Für ausländische Investoren bedeutet dies: Arbeitsverträge, Lohnabrechnungen, Steuerklärungen und Sozialversicherungsanmeldungen müssen konsistent sein – Diskrepanzen werden durch vernetzte Behördendatenbanken schnell sichtbar.

Vietnam's employment landscape has fundamentally shifted with sweeping reforms to social insurance, unemployment coverage, and minimum wage requirements taking effect in 2025-2026.

Employers in Vietnam are permitted to terminate labour contracts on the grounds of redundancy in the following cases...

In 2023, during a meeting with foreign experts, officials-in-charge from the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs announced the anticipated ratification of Convention No. 87 of the ILO...

With its strong economic development and its agreeable lifestyle, Vietnam is an attractive labor market for foreigners.

Falling ill is an inevitable part of every person's working life. In some cases, illness can become severe, preventing employees from going to work, necessitating them to submit sick leave requests to their employers.

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.

According to the provisions of the Labor Code 2019 No. 45/2019/QH14 ("Labor Code 2019"), Vietnamese employees with remaining annual leave days will no longer be paid by...

Vietnam has introduced a legal framework to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees.