Vietnam tools for expats

Leaving your job in Vietnam?
Understand your severance.

Estimate your severance allowance, see which service periods count, and take a clear calculation to your employer.

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01Your employment

For one employer and continuous service, including qualifying probation. For gaps or multiple employers, calculate separately and confirm the service record with HR.

Nationality alone does not decide entitlement. Check any cash paid with salary in place of employer unemployment-insurance contributions.
02Your contractual wages

Use the gross contractual wage, not take-home pay. If it changed, enter each of the final six consecutive months below. Check which allowances belong in the contractual wage with payroll.

My wage changed during the last six months
03Periods to exclude

Enter whole months from payroll records. Count each period only once, even if categories overlap. Leave zero only when you have checked that no exclusion applies.

Unemployment insurance only; do not subtract social-insurance participation by itself.
Months paid the employer’s equivalent unemployment-insurance contribution alongside salary (Article 8(3)(b)).
For example, non-qualifying unpaid leave. Do not exclude statutory maternity/sickness leave or qualifying probation.
Estimated severance allowance
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VND · severance only

Enter your employment details and contractual wage to see an estimate.

This estimates ordinary severance only. Final salary, unused leave, bonuses, social-insurance withdrawals, tax and other claims are not included. Confirm entitlement and records with HR or a Vietnam labour adviser.

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How Vietnam severance is calculated

For eligible termination after at least 12 months of regular service, the ordinary allowance is half a month of the six-month average contractual wage per qualifying year. Subtract excluded periods before rounding the remaining service. Article 46 · Article 8

Worked example: service exclusions matter

1 March 2021–31 October 2026 is 68 months. Subtract 39 months of qualifying exclusions: 29 months remain. Two years and five months rounds to 2.5 years.

2.5 years × 0.5 × ₫85,000,000

₫106,250,000

Illustration only. The exclusions and eligibility must match the employee’s records.

Questions before you leave

Can foreign employees receive Vietnam severance?

Yes, when the statutory conditions are met. The Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed this in its 18 August 2026 government response. Nationality does not automatically exclude an employee.

Why are insurance periods deducted?

The calculation removes unemployment-insurance periods, periods with the equivalent employer contribution paid alongside wages, and service already settled by severance or job-loss allowance. Social insurance is a different category: participation alone is not this deduction.

How does service rounding work?

Complete 12-month years count in full. A remaining period of up to six months counts as half a year; over six months counts as a full year. Exactly two years stays two years; two years and five months becomes 2.5. The calculator includes your final employed day. Any residual days are provisionally treated as a partial month; confirm payroll treatment if that affects the result.

Is Vietnamese severance the same as Korean retirement pay?

No. This tool applies Vietnamese employment rules, including the half-month rate and qualifying-service exclusions. It does not calculate Korean statutory retirement pay or resolve claims under a separate Korean employment arrangement.

What if I am made redundant or my work permit expires?

Redundancy may fall under job-loss allowance in Article 47 and needs a separate calculation. Termination solely because a work permit expires is Article 34(12), outside Article 46’s listed grounds. If several grounds apply or the termination is disputed, obtain a case-specific assessment.

What should I ask payroll for?

Your service record including probation and leave, the last six contractual wage amounts, unemployment-insurance or replacement-payment records, details of past allowance payments, and the documented legal termination ground. Check final salary and unused leave separately.

Legal sources & review history

Source provisions reviewed: 11 September 2026. Version 1.0 covers ordinary severance; it is an estimate, not a legal determination. The Vietnamese source text governs.

  1. Labour Code 45/2019/QH14 — Articles 34, 40 and 46
  2. Decree 145/2020/NĐ-CP — Article 8 (service, exclusions, rounding and wages)
  3. Government response on foreign-worker severance — 18 August 2026

11 September 2026 — Initial English and Korean release. Added eligibility screening, separate exclusions, half-year rounding and six-month wage averaging.

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