News & regulations
Tết bonus and 13th-month salary in Vietnam: rules and tax
Is a Tết bonus or 13th-month salary mandatory in Vietnam? Who gets one, pro-rating, payment dates, leaving before Tết and how the bonus is taxed in 2027.
· 7 min read
Blog: guides, tax and holidays in Vietnam
Plain-English guides to Vietnamese salaries, tax, social insurance, public holidays and everyday file tasks, with real numbers and free tools to try.
Everyday life
Lunar New Year 2027 in Vietnam: Year of the Goat, key dates
Tết 2027 is the Year of the Goat (Đinh Mùi) and begins on Saturday 6 February. Key dates from Kitchen Gods' Day to the first full moon, plus customs to know.
· 6 min read
News & regulations
Vietnam unemployment benefit in 2026: how much and how long
Vietnam's 2026 unemployment benefit pays 60% of your last six months' insured salary for 3 to 12 months, capped at 5x the regional minimum wage.
· 7 min read
Personal finance
Overtime pay in Vietnam 2026: weekday, weekend, holiday, night
Overtime in Vietnam pays at least 150% on weekdays, 200% on rest days and 300% on holidays, up to 390% at night. Hourly rate, limits and worked examples.
· 7 min read
News & regulations
Maternity leave and pay in Vietnam 2026: mothers and fathers
From July 2026 a mother in Vietnam gets a VND 5.06 million birth grant plus 6 months' pay (7 for a second child); fathers get 5 to 14 days off.
· 7 min read
News & regulations
Vietnam social insurance lump-sum withdrawal in 2026
Vietnam's 2026 social insurance lump sum pays 1.5 months of average salary per year before 2014 and 2 months per year after. Who qualifies, formula, examples.
· 8 min read
Personal finance
Vietnam personal income tax 2026: brackets and examples
Vietnam taxes 2026 salaries on a five-bracket scale from 5% to 35% after insurance and a VND 15.5m personal deduction. The formula, shortcuts and examples.
· 8 min read
Personal finance
Vietnam gross-to-net salary 2026: what VND 20m really pays
A VND 20 million gross salary in Vietnam pays VND 17,780,000 net in 2026 with no dependants. Step-by-step insurance and tax maths, plus a gross-to-net table.
· 7 min read
News & regulations
Tết 2027 and Vietnam's public holidays in 2027
Lunar New Year 2027 falls on Saturday 6 February; civil servants are off from 4 to 10 February. All of Vietnam's 2027 holidays, lunar dates and days in lieu.
· 7 min read
Developers & networking
Subnetting basics: how to split an IPv4 network
What a subnet is, how masks and prefixes like /24 and /26 work, and how to find the network, broadcast and usable hosts by hand, with worked IPv4 examples.
· 8 min read
Office & documents
Fix garbled Vietnamese text: TCVN3 and VNI to Unicode
Old Vietnamese files showing 'ViÖt Nam' or 'Vieät Nam' use TCVN3 or VNI. How to spot the encoding, convert to Unicode in seconds and avoid it next time.
· 7 min read
PDF & image tips
Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG on a PC, no install
Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG in your computer's browser, with nothing installed and nothing uploaded, plus the iPhone setting that shoots JPG.
· 7 min read