Payroll · Vietnam
Payroll services in Vietnam
Outsource your Vietnamese payroll to an in-house team that handles every cycle. Social insurance, PIT tax, and the trade-union fee, all computed, filed, and paid on time.
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Where to start
Two ways to run your Vietnamese payroll
The right setup depends on one thing: whether you have a registered company in Vietnam. Both routes are run by the same in-house team, to the same standard. The only difference is who the legal employer is.
If you already have a company in Vietnam
Managed payroll
You stay the legal employer; we take payroll off your plate. We process every cycle, remit the compulsory insurance and the trade-union fee, file the monthly PIT, and keep you compliant, so you don't need an in-house payroll function.
- Monthly payroll processing and payslips
- Social, health and unemployment insurance
- PIT income tax withholding and filing
- Trade-union fee, severance, and statutory reporting
If you don't have a company here yet
Employer of Record
You can't run a Vietnamese payroll without a registered local company, so our EOR becomes the legal employer. We employ your staff under our company and handle their payroll, contributions, and tax, while you direct the work, with no company of your own to set up.
- Compliant Labor Code contracts
- Full payroll, insurance, and PIT
- Onboarding in about a week, no company to register
- A clear path to your own company later
What's included
What our Vietnamese payroll service covers
Vietnamese payroll is admin-heavy: compulsory social, health and unemployment insurance, the trade-union fee, monthly PIT, and strict severance rules. Here is everything we take off your plate, every cycle.
Payroll & payslips
Monthly gross-to-net computation and a payslip for every employee.
Social insurance
Compulsory social insurance contributions remitted to Vietnam Social Security.
Health insurance
Health-insurance contributions, employer and employee shares, paid monthly.
Unemployment insurance
Unemployment-insurance contributions calculated and remitted each cycle.
Trade-union fee
The 2% employer trade-union contribution computed and paid.
PIT income tax
Monthly personal income tax computed, withheld, and filed.
Severance & final pay
Severance, job-loss allowance, and final pay calculated correctly.
Overtime & leave pay
Overtime, rest-day, and public-holiday rates applied under the Labor Code.
How it works
From setup to a running payroll
Once we have your employee and pay data, the first compliant payroll runs within a cycle. After that it is a predictable monthly rhythm.
1
Onboarding and setup
We gather your employee records, salaries, and statutory registrations, set up the payroll, and reconcile the opening figures. If you are on the EOR route, we draft and sign the Labor Code contracts at this stage.
2
Monthly payroll run
We compute gross-to-net, apply the compulsory insurance and PIT, and send you the payroll register and payslips for approval before anything is released. Nothing goes out without your sign-off.
3
Remittances and filings
We remit social, health and unemployment insurance to Vietnam Social Security and the trade-union fee, and file PIT with the tax office on its due dates, every month.
4
Reporting and support
You get clear monthly reports, and your team has a point of contact for payslip and contribution questions. We keep you current as rates and rules change, and handle severance and final pay cleanly when someone leaves.
Pricing
What payroll outsourcing costs
Managed payroll is a flat monthly fee per employee that scales with your headcount, with no in-house payroll team to staff and no software to license. The Employer of Record route is priced on our standard EOR model.
Managed payroll
Per employee, per month
A flat fee for each employee on payroll, scaled to your headcount, covering processing, the compulsory insurance, the trade-union fee, PIT, and reporting. Tell us your headcount and we'll come back with an exact quote.
Get a payroll quoteEmployer of Record
From $49.99 per employee
For the EOR route, the fee is 10% of the total monthly cost of employing each person, their salary plus the statutory contributions, starting at $49.99 and capped at $250. The full breakdown is on the EOR page.
See EOR pricingHand your Vietnamese payroll to one team
Tell us whether you have a local company and how many people you pay, and we'll map the right route, the cost, and how soon we can run your first compliant payroll.
Why Emerhub
Why companies hand us their Vietnamese payroll
In-house, in Ho Chi Minh City
Your payroll is run by our own Vietnam team, not passed down a chain of subcontractors. When a question hits Vietnam Social Security or the tax office, it's our people resolving it.
Deep Vietnamese expertise
The compulsory insurance rates, the trade-union fee, PIT, and the Labor Code's severance rules are first-hand knowledge here, not read off a manual when a deadline approaches.
Accurate and on time
Gross-to-net, contributions, and PIT computed correctly and remitted on deadline, every cycle, with your approval before each run.
Company or no company
We cover you whether you run payroll through your own company or need our EOR to employ the team, and we move you between the two as you grow.
One provider, many services
Payroll sits alongside company registration, accounting, tax, and work permits, so the whole back office can come from a single team that already knows your setup.
Transparent cost
A flat per-employee fee with statutory costs passed straight through. No hidden margins on contributions, no surprise charges at year end.
Common questions
Vietnamese payroll FAQs
What companies ask before outsourcing payroll in Vietnam.
Can you run our payroll if we already have a Vietnamese company?
Yes. If you have a registered company, you stay the legal employer and we run the payroll as a managed service: monthly processing and payslips, social, health and unemployment insurance, PIT tax, the trade-union fee, and severance. You approve each run; we handle the computation, the remittances, and the compliance.
What if we don't have a company in Vietnam?
Then you can't run a local payroll directly, because payroll requires an employer registered with Vietnam Social Security and the tax office. The route is our Employer of Record: we employ your staff under our company and run their payroll, contributions, and tax for you, with no company of your own to register. You can read the detail on our Vietnam EOR page.
How is managed payroll different from an EOR?
The difference is who the legal employer is. With managed payroll, you have your own company and remain the employer; we just run the payroll. With an EOR, you have no company, so we are the legal employer and the staff are employed under us. Managed payroll is the lighter, cheaper option once you have a company; the EOR is what lets you hire before you do.
Do you handle the compulsory insurance and PIT?
Yes. We compute and remit social, health and unemployment insurance to Vietnam Social Security, pay the trade-union fee, and calculate and file the monthly PIT with the tax office. Keeping these accurate and on time is the part that most exposes employers to penalties, so it sits squarely with us.
Is there a 13th-month salary in Vietnam?
It isn't a legal requirement. The Tet bonus, paid before the Lunar New Year, is near-universal practice and usually runs one to three months of salary, but the amount is your decision. If you pay it, we administer it through payroll like any other component.
How quickly can you take over our payroll?
Once we have your employee records, salaries, and registrations, the first compliant payroll typically runs within a cycle. On the EOR route, onboarding the employees under our company takes about a week on top of that.
Will we still approve payroll before it's paid?
Always. We send the payroll register and payslips for your review every cycle, and nothing is released until you sign off. You keep full control and visibility; we carry the work and the compliance behind it.
How much does payroll outsourcing cost?
Managed payroll is a flat monthly fee per employee that scales with headcount; the EOR route is 10% of the total cost of employing someone (their salary plus statutory contributions), from $49.99 and capped at $250 per person. Salaries and statutory costs are passed through transparently in both. Tell us your headcount and which route fits, and we'll give you an exact quote.
Payroll in Vietnam?
Talk to our Vietnam team
A free, no-obligation call: thirty minutes with our Vietnam team to scope your payroll, map the right route, and quote the exact cost.