Payroll & taxes
Gross-to-net in VND, payslips, monthly PIT declarations, year-end finalization. Salaries land by the last working day, every month.
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Employer of Record · Việt Nam
Hire in Vietnam without opening a company.
Eor.vn becomes the legal employer of your people in Vietnam — contract, payroll, insurance, tax — while you direct their everyday work. Your first hire can be on the books in 3–5 working days.
- Vietnamese labor contracts, bilingual, written to the 2019 Labor Code
- Payroll, social insurance and PIT filed on time, every month
- One flat monthly fee — statutory costs passed through at cost
Onboarding in 3–5 working days
Salaries paid by the last working day
Employer on-costs ≈ 23.5%, budgeted up front
14 languages, one Vietnam team
“The employer of record that does one country properly — so you can build the team, not the paperwork.”
The model
One employer on paper. One boss in practice.
An employer of record (EOR) is a licensed local company that legally employs staff on behalf of a foreign business. In Vietnam, Eor.vn signs the labor contract, runs payroll in đồng, pays social insurance and withholds personal income tax — while the client company directs the employee's actual work. It is the fastest compliant way to hire in Vietnam without establishing a legal entity.
On our paper
What Eor.vn carries as legal employer
- Labor contract under the Vietnamese Labor Code, registered and stamped
- Monthly payroll in VND, payslips, bank transfers
- Social, health and unemployment insurance — enrollment and monthly filings
- Personal income tax withholding, declarations and year-end finalization
- Statutory leave, overtime caps, severance and lawful offboarding
- Labor inspections, disputes and paperwork in Vietnamese
On your terms
What stays entirely yours
- Who you hire, what you pay them, how you evaluate them
- Day-to-day work, tools, targets and reporting lines
- Intellectual property — assigned to you through the contract chain
- Confidentiality terms mirrored from your own agreements
- The option to move the team to your own entity later — we help with the transfer
What we do
Everything an employer in Vietnam must get right
Not a platform with Vietnam somewhere on a dropdown. A Vietnamese payroll and labor team that does this all day, in Vietnamese, with the authorities that actually process the paperwork.
Contracts & onboarding
Bilingual labor contracts, probation set up correctly, offer-to-start handled in days. Signed digitally where the law allows it.
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Mandatory insurance
Social, health and unemployment insurance registered and paid: 17.5% + 3% + 1% employer side, filed with the authorities on schedule.
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Benefits Vietnamese teams expect
13th-month salary administered before Tết, premium health insurance, meal and phone allowances structured the tax-efficient way.
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Work permits & visas
Hiring a foreigner in Vietnam? We run the work permit file under Decree 152/2020, the visa and the residence card, start to finish.
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Offboarding & severance
Notice periods, severance math, insurance book closure and final settlement — exits done lawfully and respectfully.
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Vietnam, in numbers
The rules we work with every day
≈ 23.5%
employer on-costs: social insurance 17.5%, health 3%, unemployment 1%, trade union fund 2%
5–35%
progressive personal income tax, withheld monthly by the employer
₫5,310,000
Region I minimum monthly wage from 1 January 2026
12 + 11
statutory annual leave days plus public holidays per year
45 days
notice period for indefinite-term contracts
3–5 days
working days from signed quote to a compliant first hire
Figures per the 2019 Labor Code and decrees in force for 2026. Full details in our hiring guide and payroll guide.
How it works
From intro call to first payslip
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Day 0
Scope & quote
Tell us the role, the gross salary and the start date. You get a full cost breakdown the same day.
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Day 1–2
Offer & contract
We draft the bilingual labor contract and benefits exactly as agreed with your candidate.
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Day 2–4
Signing & registration
Contract signed, employee enrolled with social insurance and the tax authority under our entity.
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Day 5
Day one
Your new colleague starts work — for you. We stay in the background as the employer of record.
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Monthly
Payroll & support
One invoice, one report. Payroll runs on the 25th; salaries land by the last working day.
EOR vs. own entity
Two honest ways into Vietnam
An entity makes sense at scale. Until then, it is mostly waiting rooms and fixed costs. Here is the comparison we give our own clients — including when not to use us.
| With Eor.vn | Your own Vietnamese entity | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first compliant hire | 3–5 working days | 2–4 months (licensing, capital, seals, bank) |
| Upfront cost | None | Incorporation, charter capital, office lease, advisors |
| Ongoing admin | One invoice a month | Accounting, tax, licensing, labor reporting — every month |
| Legal employer | Eor.vn | Your subsidiary |
| Best for | 1–30 employees, speed, testing the market | 30+ staff, commercial operations, invoicing locally |
| Winding down | Lawful offboarding, weeks | Formal dissolution, often 6–12 months |
Growing past EOR? Good. We help clients transfer teams to their own new entity when the time comes — that is a success, not a churn problem.
Check us first
Due diligence, served in advance
You are about to trust a company you found on the internet with your payroll. Fair. So make us prove it — before you sign anything, we send you three documents:
The draft labor contract
The actual bilingual template your hire would sign, clause by clause — not a brochure about it.
A sample monthly report
Gross, deductions, employer costs and our fee on a worked example, reconcilable to the đồng.
Our registration papers
The business registration of the Vietnamese entity that would employ your team. Verify it against the national enterprise registry yourself.
Ask for the diligence pack in your first email. It costs you nothing and tells you more than any testimonial could.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Is using an employer of record legal in Vietnam?
Yes. Eor.vn employs your team members directly under Vietnamese labor contracts through our registered local entities, in line with the 2019 Labor Code and its guiding decrees. You receive a service agreement with us; the employee receives a fully compliant Vietnamese employment relationship — insurance, tax and all.
How fast can a new hire actually start?
Three to five working days from a signed quote is our standard, assuming the candidate has their papers in order. The long pole is usually social insurance registration, which we file immediately after contract signature. Hiring a foreign national takes longer — typically 4–8 weeks — because a work permit must be issued first.
Who owns the work and IP my team creates?
You do. The labor contract assigns work product and intellectual property to the employer, and our service agreement assigns it onward to you. We mirror your confidentiality and IP clauses so there is no gap in the chain.
What does an employee in Vietnam cost all-in?
Roughly: gross salary + about 23.5% statutory employer costs + our flat fee. For a ₫46,000,000 gross salary (≈ US$1,750), employer contributions add about ₫10,810,000, so the all-in cost lands near ₫62,000,000 (≈ US$2,360) per month including our fee. We quote the exact figure for your actual salary before you sign anything.
Can you employ foreign nationals in Vietnam too?
Yes. We sponsor and process work permits under Decree 152/2020 (as amended), handle the visa and temporary residence card, and run expat payroll — including the different insurance treatment that applies to foreign employees.
What happens when we need to let someone go?
Vietnamese law protects employees, and exits must follow the Labor Code: valid grounds, notice (45 days for indefinite contracts), severance where it applies, and insurance book closure. We manage the process end to end and keep you clear of wrongful-termination exposure. It is covered by your monthly fee — no "exit surcharge".
Next step
Ready to meet your first hire in Vietnam?
Send us the role and the salary. You will have a complete, signed-off cost picture within one business day.