THE LEGALITY OF PREMATURELY TERMINATING A LABOR CONTRACT DUE TO “LACK OF NEED”

My husband is a sales employee at Company B. He signed two (02) fixed-term labor contracts, each for a 02-year term, commencing on 01 March 2020. The second contract expired on 29 February 2024. However, he continued to work normally after that date without signing a new contract. On 10 October 2025, the company suddenly […]

Consultation on Social Insurance Contributions for Employees

Question: Our company’s working days are from Monday to Friday. We have an employee who will resign on February 17, 2025. In February, this employee worked full-time. I would like to ask whether the company is required to pay social insurance for this employee?  Answer: According to the provisions of Article 42 of the Procedure […]

Consultation on the Basis for Social Insurance Contributions and Benefits

Question: According to Decree No. 158/2024/ND-CP, from July 1, 2025, the State will abolish the base salary and replace it with a reference salary as the basis for calculating and receiving social insurance (SI). However, from July until now, we have still been applying mandatory SI contribution rates according to the current regulation, specifically: the […]

Consultation on the Issuance of Collective Labor Agreements and Regulations on Salary, Bonuses, and Allowances

Question: Our enterprise is wondering whether it is mandatory to issue regulations on salary, bonuses, allowances, and a Collective Labor Agreement. If we do not implement these regulations, what legal risks might we face? Answer: 1.Regarding the Collective Labor Agreement: Clause 1, Article 75 of the 2019 Labor Code stipulates: “A collective labor agreement is […]

Consultation on Labor Rights Protection

Question: I am six months pregnant, but the company is engaging in harassing behavior and pressuring me to resign. I would like to ask, can the company dismiss me due to pregnancy? Answer: Pursuant to Article 125 of the Labor Code 2019, the form of disciplinary dismissal shall only be applied in the following cases: […]

New points of Labor Code 2019

On 20 November 2019, Vietnam National Assembly XIV passed the new Labor Code on Session 8 which shall become effective from 1st January 2021. SBLAW

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Inquiry about payslip

Inquiry about payslip

Question: I am Peter, a member of personnel department of a company in Vietnam. I read your website's Faq and  have a question about payslip

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Quotation of labour case

Question: Our company is looking for a professional law firm to support settlement of labour dispute between our company and Employee in the first instance

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Work permit in Vietnam

Question: I am from Korean but currently working as a teacher in Hanoi ,with 3 months working visa ,pls I wanted a work permit and

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Work visa in Vietnam

Question: Where I have to send my documents to get a work permit in Vietnam? Answer: In order to obtain work permit in Vietnam, you

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