May Employers set out a longer prior notice period upon Employees’ termination of LCs than the one prescribed by law? Pursuant to the general stipulations on the prior notice period upon termination of LCs, Employees must comply with the prior notice period of at least 3 working days for the seasonal or specific job-based LC…

The applicable labour law does not expressly stipulate if at the beginning of a new employment Employers are allowed to sign LCs in which a probationary period is specified. However, pursuant to Article 29.1 of the Labor Code, only when the probationary period ends and Employees can meet the requirements agreed upon by the parties…

Under the labour law, Employers are obliged to inform Employees of the trial job result during probation as follows[1]: Notifying within 3 days prior to the end of the probationary period for Employees with a professional or technical qualification from college or higher (maximum probationary period of 60 days) or for Employees with a professional…

May representative offices of foreign traders in Vietnam recruit Vietnamese Employees by themselves to work for them? If they are not allowed to do this, which state agencies must they contact? Must representative offices of foreign traders pay recruitment fees to these state agencies? As prescribed by law[1], representative offices of foreign traders in Vietnam…

Is a collaboration contract a seasonal or specific job-based LC? Legal grounds for governing a collaboration contract As a matter of law, a collaboration contract may be considered a type of service contract because of the existence of a relationship between the service provider and the service user. The concept of service contract is currently…