Payroll in Vietnam
Outsource your staff’s payroll and compliance in Vietnam, and focus on your company’s growth.
Outsource your payroll in Vietnam
Our payroll outsourcing solution can help your business overcome HR requirements in Vietnam. Due to the constantly-changing business environment, we are here to facilitate your business journey, offering different payroll outsourcing solutions customizable to your needs. Our solution is suitable for both companies with a legal entity in Vietnam and companies without a legal entity.
Country overview
Vietnam is a key economic country in South East Asia (SEA) boasting a long shoreline with the South China Sea. The country has a population of 98 million of which 74% have no religion, 15% are buddhist and 8.5% are christians. The nominal GDP of Vietnam is $350 billion and the per capita income is $3500.
Why NNRoad?
NNRoad’s Global EOR service empowers our clients to hire employees in Vietnam without having to set up a legal entity. We manage the labor contract signing, payroll, benefits and all other mandatory compliance affairs in regards to Vietnamese labor laws. We also keep you up to date on new HR policies and handle employee termination on your behalf.
With NNRoad you benefit from a back-office team of legal advisors, data security IT personnel, local accountants and your very own account manager to connect the dots. NNRoad adds value to your company while saving significant costs your company would have to bear otherwise on an in-house back office team.
Labor Contracts
Employers in Vietnam are required by law to sign an official employment contract with new hires. This contract reviews the terms of the employee’s compensation, benefits, and termination requirements in details. Offer letter and labor contracts in Vietnam should always mention the salary and bonuses (if applicable) in Vietnam dong.
Working Schedule
Employers in Vietnam must give employees a minimum of 1 full day off per week. Normally, the Vietnamese work week is Monday – Friday, 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week.
Holidays
There are 11 public holidays in Vietnam. Employees are entitled to take these days off work:
- New Year’s Day: January 1st
- Tết (The Lunar New Year): Starts between January 20 and February 21st – 5 days off
- Hung Kings Commemorations: 1 day off
- Day of Southern Liberation for National Reunification: April 30th
- International Labour Day: May 1st
- National Day – September 2nd
Foreign employees are entitled to a day off with pay on one additional traditional day of their country of origin.
Paid Leave
The minimum mandatory annual leave in Vietnam is 12 days.
- Employees who have worked for 12 months for an employer are entitled to 12 days paid annual leave days, with proportional paid annual leave days for employees who have worked for less than 12 months. For example an employee who has worked 6 months is entitled to 6 paid annual leave days.
- Employees receive one additional paid vacation day per year for every 5 years they work for an employer.
- Employees are entitled to pay for leave not taken by the end of the year. The employer can allow the employees to carry over untaken annual leaves to the following year instead of payment for untaken leave, but the leave must be taken before March 31st.
- Annual leave is separate from sick leave or maternity leave in Vietnam.
- Employees are entitled to paid personal leave for their wedding, the wedding of their child, or the death of a parent, spouse or child, as well as unpaid leave with the approval of their employer.
Sick Leave
Employees who take leave in accordance with a doctor’s order receive an allowance paid by Vietnam’s social insurance fund (only doctors can issue the sick leave certificate). The sick leave allowance is based on the employee’s salary. The sick allowance is valid for:
- 30 days per year (if the employee has contributed to the social insurance fund for less than 15 years) or
- 40 days per year (if the employee has contributed to the social insurance fund for between 15 and 30 years) or
- 60 days per year (if the employee has contributed to the social insurance fund for more than 30 years).
Maternity Leave
Female employees are entitled to 6 months of paid maternity leave at full salary, and an additional 30 days for each additional child after the first one. This maternity leave is paid by the social insurance. An employee who is pregnant or on maternity leave or has a child under one year old of age cannot be let go unless in the case that the company shuts down.
The employer is not required to pay maternity leave, however the maternity leave allowance is based on the employee’s salary. The maximum social insurance allowance is VND29.800.000 and the employer will usually pay for the difference if the employee’s wage is more than the allowance limit.
Fathers are eligible for 5 to 14 days of paid paternity leave. This depends on whether the birth happens naturally or by C-section and how many children.
Health Insurance
Health insurance is required by law in Vietnam and is a mandatory part of payroll.
Bonuses
A 13 month bonus is not mandatory in Vietnam, but many employers provide an annual bonus as part of a commission plan or to create an incentive to retain talent up to the end of the business year. Employees who have worked at a company more than one year are eligible for the 13th month bonus, however employees who have worked less than one year at a company have the 13th month paid in proportion to their stay. 13th month bonuses range from 1 month to 3 months salary.
Termination
Depending on the reason for dismissal and the employment contract, the employee’s rights and the notice period and possible severance payments varies.
A probation period must not exceed 60 days.
Employers can terminate a labor contract with a 30 working days notice for a fixed term labor contract and 45 working days for an indefinite labor contract. The employer needs to have legal grounds for termination.
Legal grounds include, but are not limited to: underperformance, prolonged sick leaves, or company closure.
Failure to prove proper termination may render the termination wrongful which can require the employer to pay a settlement or resignation to be negotiated.
Paying Taxes
The social insurance is part of the income tax and is used for:
- sick leave
- maternity leave
- work-related accidents
- occupational disease
- pensions.
Vietnam has mandatory social & health insurance. Contributions are to be borne by both the employer and the employee. The equation for calculating taxes in Vietnam:
- Employers contribute 17.5%
- Employees contribute 8%
- Union Fee: 1%
- Trade Union: 2%
Vietnam
Payroll & Tax Solution
We offer a customized and cost-effective end-to-end payroll management solution for foreign SMEs and start-ups in Vietnam. We ensure all employer’s liabilities are complied with according to the local regulations.
*This solution best applies to companies owning a company in Vietnam which need payroll, tax compliance and mandatory contribution assistance during their business operations in the country.
PEO/Employer of Record
Legally hire your employees in Vietnam while we handle all employer liabilities. Our PEO solution enable companies without a legal entity in Vietnam to directly hire staff on-ground. We handle all administrative, legal and HR aspects of the employer, and therefore, act as the employer of record.
*This solution is advised to any foreign company without registered entities in Vietnam, while keeping a low risk and small investments during the initial phase.
payroll package for a complete compliance in Vietnam
- Monthly payroll calculation and delivery
- Individual income tax management and declaration
- Employee social benefits contribution
- Monthly and annual payroll report
- Electronic pay-slip reporting
- Payroll data maintenance
- Updates for policies and regulations
- Work-related injury advisory
Fully Outsource Payroll Solution in Vietnam
- Employees’ payroll, taxes, social benefits are outsourced to us, enabling your workforce to save time and focus on the growth of your business.
- Avoid extra costs to hire HR experts to manage all the aspects related to payroll in Vietnam.
- We can ensure a full compliance with local laws and regulations, providing a safe fiscal and tax environment.
- Our solution is flexible and customizable, so that it can easily adapt to any business size and payroll headcounts.
- The client company drafts each of the employees’ labor conditions.
- Upon confirmation, NNRoad calculates the total cost of payroll, taxes and social benefits contributions.
- NNRoad issues an invoice to the client company with each employee’s detailed payroll cost estimation.
- On a monthly basis, upon client’s payment, NNRoad delivers the relevant salaries and pays all required taxes and social contributions to Vietnamese authorities.