Other Briefings
Vietnam Increases Overtime Hours Until Year End
Vietnam increased overtime working hours to 60 hours per month until the end of the year. We highlight the details as per Resolution 17.
Manufacturing in Vietnam: Key Labor Concerns and How to Optimize Your HR Strategy
Vietnam Briefing addresses labor concerns and ways to optimize your HR strategy for businesses in the manufacturing industry in Vietnam.
Assessing Vietnam’s Labor Market and Payroll Considerations
Vietnam Briefing assesses Vietnam’s labor market including cost considerations as well as the benefits of outsourcing payroll processing.
Vietnam Eases Entry Procedures for Foreign Employees, Overseas Vietnamese
Vietnam Briefing highlights the recent government regulation on the easing of entry procedures for foreign employees with valid TRCs and PRCs.
Vietnam’s New Normal: The Hybrid Work Strategy
Vietnam Briefing highlights the advantages and challenges of the hybrid work strategy as Vietnam embraces the new normal.
Vietnam Implements Gender Equality Strategy but Challenges Remain
Vietnam Briefing highlights the government’s recently implemented National Strategy on Gender Equality for the 2021-2030 period.
Foreign Employees Subject to Increased Social Insurance Rates from January 2022
Employers and foreign employees in Vietnam should plan for January 2022 when social insurance rates increase in line with the same rates as local staff.
Vietnam Issues Resolutions Supporting Employees, Employers Affected by Pandemic
Vietnam issued Resolutions on helping employees and employers affected by the pandemic. The support will make use of the unemployment insurance fund.
Vietnam’s Circular 6 on Social Insurance
Vietnam Briefing highlights Circular 6 on guiding and amending provisions related to social insurance. Circular 6 went into effect on September 1.
Foreign Employees and Work Permits in Vietnam
Vietnam eased some work permit requirements for foreign workers in Vietnam to help aid economic growth as Vietnam plans a gradual reopening of its economy.
