FLAT Legal Journal
Photo: Pexels (free to use under the Pexels License) Short answer: A sectoral collective agreement is negotiated and signed by the sector-level employees’ representative organization and the sector-level…
Read article ↗Short answer: Platform workers — ride-hailing drivers, delivery riders and freelancers who take jobs through apps — mostly fall outside Vietnam’s compulsory social insurance net, with only about…
Read article ↗Illustration: labour union meeting — by Marjory Collins, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). A French group opens a factory in Vietnam and sends over its HR director. She…
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Labour disputes — dismissals, wages, work accidents — resolved faster and more effectively in Vietnam, Thailand or China? For groups with plants in all three countries, this shapes…
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Hiring foreign specialists for a plant — harder in China or Vietnam? Both countries control foreign labour, but on different philosophies: Vietnam approves by position need (no hard…
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Workforce reductions — closing a line, downsizing a plant — costlier in China or Vietnam? The answer isn’t as simple as “which severance is higher”: the two countries…
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Minimum wages in China vs Vietnam — which is higher, how are they adjusted, and where is the trend heading? This is the foundational question for every labour-cost…
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Taiwan passport holders applying for Vietnamese visas — same as mainland Chinese passport holders? The answer: same in principle (both need visas), different in procedure. Many companies confuse…
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Foreigners entering Vietnam overland from Laos, Cambodia or China — specialists on business, long-haul drivers, tourists — what do they need to know? These three borders have different…
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A team of Chinese specialists heading to a factory in Bac Ninh or Bac Giang — travelling overland through the Lang Son or Lao Cai border gates instead…
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