Source-cited draft: payroll & social contributions for Vietnam (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Compulsory insurance and payroll withholding | Vietnam requires compulsory social insurance (SI), health insurance (HI) and unemployment insurance (UI) on employee salaries, split between employer and employee. The 2024 Social Insurance Law took effect 1 July 2025. Employers also withhold PIT from payroll monthly. | |
| Employer total compulsory insurance contribution | 21.5% of gross salary (SI 17.5% + HI 3% + UI 1%)Law on Social Insurance (2024); Law on Health Insurance; Law on Employment | |
| Employee total compulsory insurance contribution | 10.5% of gross salary (SI 8% + HI 1.5% + UI 1%)Law on Social Insurance (2024); Law on Health Insurance; Law on Employment | |
| Employer social insurance (pension/survivorship 14% + sickness/maternity 3% + occupational 0.5%) | 17.5%Law on Social Insurance (2024) | |
| Employee social insurance (pension/survivorship) | 8%Law on Social Insurance (2024) | |
| Health insurance (employer 3% / employee 1.5%) | 4.5% totalLaw on Health Insurance | |
| Unemployment insurance (employer 1% / employee 1%) |
Vietnam requires compulsory social insurance (SI), health insurance (HI) and unemployment insurance (UI) on employee salaries, split between employer and employee. The 2024 Social Insurance Law took effect 1 July 2025. Employers also withhold PIT from payroll monthly.
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| 2% totalLaw on Employment |
| Salary cap for SI and HI contributions | 20 times the base/reference salary (approx VND 46,800,000 per month)Law on Social Insurance (2024) |
| Salary cap for unemployment insurance contributions | 20 times the regional minimum wage (Region 1 cap approx VND 106,200,000 per month)Law on Employment |
| Payroll PIT withholding | Employers withhold PIT monthly under the progressive schedule (residents) or 20% flat (non-residents)Law on Personal Income Tax (No. 04/2007/QH12, as amended) |
| Payroll PIT remittance / declaration deadline | Monthly by the 20th of the following month, or quarterly by the last day of the first month of the next quarter where eligibleLaw on Tax Administration (No. 38/2019/QH14) |
| Foreign employees and social insurance | Foreign employees with qualifying contracts are subject to compulsory social insurance (and HI), with limited exemptionsLaw on Social Insurance (2024) |
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