Complete guide to hiring employees in Vietnam. From taxation to salary standards, here's everything you need to know about having employees in Vietnam.
Your employee is entitled to receiving statutory holidays, paid time off and sick leave based on the Employment Law and the clauses in the employment contract.
By the law, your employees are entitled to a minimum of 12 days of paid time off in Vietnam per year. The amount of annual leave is prorated based on how long they have worked – i.e. if an employee has been working for half a year they are entitled to up to 6 days off.
It is common to provide additional days off to your employees, especially if there are dates when the rest of the company is also not working. For example, if you are an Australian company, you might also want to give your Vietnamese employees a day off during the statutory holidays in Australia.
You don’t need to provide additional sick leave to your Vietnamese employees. They get their sick leave payments from the national Social Insurance department assuming they have a valid doctor letter.
An employee can take a sick leave for a maximum of 30 days per month or 180 days in total per year.
Some companies provide extra sick leave paid by the company as an employment benefit, for example for lighter illnesses that don’t require going to the doctor.
Your pregnant employees are entitled to take five days off for antenatal appointments (one day for each appointment). If your employees are located in remote areas, they might be eligible for 2 days off per appointment.
Post-partum, the mother is entitled to a 6-month parental leave. This can be shortened to four months if the employee agrees but they are not under obligation to do so.
In case of birth that requires surgery or twins, the mother is entitled to an additional 14 days off.
The fathers are entitled to the following parental leave in Vietnam:
Emerhub's employer of record service allows you to hire anyone in Vietnam with minimum bureaucracy. Your employees will be formally on our payroll while working entirely for your company.
No need to set up a local company in Vietnam. You manage your employee, we take care of taxes, local HR matters, etc.