Unemployment insurance: eligibility and maximum benefits in 2026
Losing a job is hard enough — but many workers also lose their unemployment insurance benefits simply because they did not know they qualified, or filed late. From…
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Labour and Employment
Vocational training contracts: must employees reimburse training costs when resigning?
Your employer sends you for training; both sides sign a vocational training contract with a 3-year post-training service commitment. After one year you want to resign — the…
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Paid extra tutoring in 2026: when are public school teachers allowed to tutor?
Since 14 February 2025, Circular 29/2024/TT-BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training has tightened the rules on paid extra tutoring. The question thousands of public-school teachers are…
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Terminating Labor Contracts with Foreigners in Vietnam — Severance Pay and Procedures
When parting with foreign experts or managers, many FDI enterprises are unsure: is severance pay due? How is it calculated? There is a trap most HR departments never…
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Mandatory Social Insurance for Foreign Workers at FDI Enterprises in Vietnam
Many FDI enterprises diligently pay social insurance (SI) for Vietnamese staff but overlook foreign experts and managers — assuming foreigners are exempt. Since 1 July 2025, the Law…
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Concluding Labor Contracts with Foreigners in Vietnam — Key Notes for FDI Enterprises
FDI enterprises regularly hire foreign experts, managers, and technical workers. Many HR departments apply the exact same labor contract process used for Vietnamese employees — and that is…
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Legal Strikes: 3-Step Process and Workers’ Rights
The right to strike is constitutionally guaranteed for workers, but a strike is only lawful when the 3-step procedure under the Labor Code 2019 is followed. A strike…
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2026 Collective Bargaining: Process and Grassroots Union Role
Collective bargaining is the formal channel for workers and employers to negotiate wages, bonuses, and working conditions — before disagreements escalate into disputes. Under the Labor Code 2019,…
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Registering Internal Labor Rules: Dossier and Deadlines at the Department of Home Affairs
Employers with 10 or more workers must register their internal labor rules — merely issuing them internally is not enough. Many companies are penalized for issuing rules but…
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Employee Unilateral Contract Termination: 7 Cases Allowing Immediate Resignation
Workers may unilaterally terminate their labor contract without giving any reason — but normally must give advance notice. However, the law lists 07 special cases where workers may…
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