LIST

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

Article 2. Subjects of application

Article 3. Interpretation of terms

Article 4. State policy on labor

Article 5. Rights and obligations of employees

Article 6. Rights and obligations of employers

Article 7. Construction of labor relations

Article 8. Prohibited acts in the field of labor

Chapter II

EMPLOYMENT, RECRUITMENT AND LABOR MANAGEMENT

Article 9. Employment, employment creation

Article 10. The right to work of the employee

Article 11. Labor recruitment

Article 12. Responsibilities of the employer for labor management

Chapter III

LABOR CONTRACT

Section 1. CONCLUSION OF LABOR CONTRACT

Article 13. Labor contract

Article 14. Form of labor contract

Article 15. Principles of entering into labor contracts

Article 16. Obligation to provide information when entering into a labor contract

Article 17. The acts of the employer must not be performed upon entering into and performing the labor contract

Article 18. Competence to conclude labor contracts

Article 19. Entering into multiple labor contracts

Article 20. Type of labor contract

Article 21. Contents of the labor contract

Article 22. Annex of labor contract

Article 23. Effect of the labor contract

Article 24. Probation

Article 25. Duration of probation

Article 26. Probationary salary

Article 27. End of probationary period

Section 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF LABOR CONTRACT

Article 28. Work performed under labor contracts

Article 29. Transfer of employees to jobs other than the labor contract

Article 30. Postponement of performance of labor contracts

Article 31. Re-employing the employee at the end of the period of suspension of the labor contract

Article 32. Part-time work

Article 33. Amendment and supplementation of the labor contract

Section 3. TERMINATION OF LABOR CONTRACT

Article 34. Cases of labor contract termination

Article 35. The right to unilaterally terminate the labor contract of the employee

Article 36. The employer's right to unilaterally terminate the labor contract

Article 37. The case where the employer is not allowed to exercise the right to unilaterally terminate the labor contract

Article 38. Cancellation of unilateral termination of a labor contract

Article 39. Unilaterally terminating the labor contract illegally

Article 40. The employee's obligations when unilaterally terminating the labor contract illegally

Article 41. Obligations of the employer when unilaterally terminating the labor contract illegally

Article 42. Obligations of the employer in case of structural, technological change or economic reasons

Article 43. Obligations of an employer upon division, separation,consolidation, merger; sale, lease, and conversion of business type; transfer of ownership and use rights of assets of enterprises and cooperatives

Article 44. Plan for the use of labor

Article 45. Notice of termination of labor contract

Article 46. Severance allowance

Article 47. Unemployment allowance

Article 48. Responsibilities upon termination of labor contracts

Section 4. INVALID LABOR CONTRACT

Article 49. Invalid labor contract

Article 50. Authority to invalidate labor contracts

Article 51. Handling invalid labor contracts

Section 5. LABOR SUBLEASE

Article 52. Labor outsourcing

Article 53. Principles of labor outsourcing

Article 54. The labor leasing enterprise

Article 55. Labor outsourcing contract

Article 56. Rights and obligations of the labor outsourcing enterprise

Article 57. Rights and obligations of the outsourcing party

Article 58. Rights and obligations of the re-employed employee

Chapter IV

CAREER EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Article 59. Vocational training and development of vocational skills

Article 60. Responsibilities of employers for training, retraining and improvement of vocational qualifications and skills

Article 61. Apprenticeship and apprenticeship to work for the employer

Article 62. Vocational training contract between an employer and an employee and vocational training costs

Chapter V

DIALOGUE AT WORKPLACE, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, COLLECTIVE LABOR AGREEMENT

Section 1. DIALOGUE AT WORKPLACE

Article 63. Organizing dialogue at workplace

Article 64. Contents of dialogue at workplace

Section 2. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Article 65. Collective Bargaining

Article 66. Principles of collective bargaining

Article 67. Content of collective bargaining

Article 68. Right to collective bargaining of organizations representing grassroots workers in enterprises

Article 69. Representatives for collective bargaining at enterprises

Article 70. Process of collective bargaining at enterprises

Article 71. Collective negotiation failed

Article 72. Sector collective bargaining, and collective bargaining involving many enterprises

Article 73. Collective bargaining involves many enterprises participating through the Collective Bargaining Council

Article 74. Responsibilities of the People's Committees of provinces in collective bargaining

Section 3. COLLECTIVE LABOR AGREEMENT

Article 75. Collective labor agreement

Article 76. Collecting opinions and signing collective labor agreements

Article 77. Sending collective labor agreement

Article 78. Effect and duration of collective labor agreement

Article 79. Implementation of the collective labor agreement at the enterprise

Article 80. Implementation of the enterprise collective labor agreement in case of division, separation, consolidation or merger; sale, lease, and conversion of business type; transfer of ownership, right to use assets of the enterprise

Article 81. Relationship between the enterprise collective labor agreement, the sector collective labor agreement and the collective labor agreement with many enterprises

Article 82. Amendment and supplementation of the collective labor agreement

Article 83. Expired collective labor agreement

Article 84. Expanding the scope of application of the sector collective labor agreement or collective labor agreement with many enterprises

Article 85. Joining and withdrawing from the sector collective labor agreement or the collective labor agreement with many enterprises

Article 86. Invalid collective labor agreement

Article 87. Competence to declare collective labor agreement invalid

Article 88. Handling of invalid collective labor agreements

Article 89. Cost of negotiating and signing collective labor agreement

Chapter VI

SALARY

Article 90. Salaries

Article 91. Minimum wage

Article 92. National Wage Council

Article 93. Development of salary scales, payrolls and labor norms

Article 94. Wage payment principles

Article 95. Salary payment

Article 96. Forms of payment

Article 97. Salary payment term

Article 98. Overtime pay, night work

Article 99. Stop wages

Article 100. Salary payment through the contractor

Article 101. Salary advance

Article 102. Wage deduction

Article 103. Regime of salary increase, promotion, allowance and subsidy

Article 104. Rewards

Chapter VII

WORK TIME, REST TIME

Section 1. WORKING HOURS

Article 105. Normal working hours

Article 106. Night working hours

Article 107. Overtime

Article 108. Overtime in special cases

Section 2. REST TIME

Article 109. Rest during working hours

Article 110. Take time off shift

Article 111. Weekly break

Article 112. Public holidays and New Year holidays

Article 113. Annual leave

Article 114. The annual leave increases with the working seniority

Article 115. Separate leave, unpaid leave

Section 3. WORKING HOURS AND REST TIME FOR Persons Working With Special Nature

Article 116. Working time and rest time for people doing jobs of special nature

Chapter VIII

LABOR DISCIPLINE, MATERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Section 1. LABOR DISCIPLINE

Article 117. Labor discipline

Article 118. Labor regulations

Article 119. Registration of labor regulations

Article 120. Dossier for registration of labor regulations

Article 121. Effect of the labor regulations

Article 122. Principles, order and procedures for handling the labor discipline

Article 123. The statute of limitations for handling the labor discipline

Article 124. Form of labor discipline

Article 125. Application of disciplinary action dismissal

Article 126. Deletion of discipline, reduction of the time limit for serving the labor discipline

Article 127. Prohibited acts when dealing with labor discipline

Article 128. Suspension from work

Section 2. MATERIAL LIABILITY

Article 129. Compensation for damage

Article 130. Settlement of compensation for damage

Article 131. Complaints about labor discipline and material responsibility

Chapter IX

LABOR SAFETY and HYGIENE

Article 132. Compliance with the law on occupational safety and sanitation

Article 133. Occupational safety and sanitation program

Article 134. Occupational safety and sanitation at the workplace

Chapter X

SEPARATE PROVISIONS FOR FEMALE EMPLOYEES AND ENSURING GENDER EQUITY

Article 135. Policy of the State

Article 136. Responsibilities of the employer

Article 137. Maternity protection

Article 138. The right to unilaterally terminate or suspend the labor contract of the pregnant female employee

Article 139. Maternity leave

Article 140. Job security for employees on maternity leave

Article 141. Allowances for the time of taking care of sick children, maternity and contraceptive measures

Article 142. Occupation and work adversely affect reproductive functions and child rearing

Chapter XI

SEPARATE PROVISIONS FOR YOUNG EMPLOYEES AND A NUMBER OF OTHER EMPLOYEES

Section 1. YOUNG EMPLOYEES

Article 143. Young workers

Article 144. Principles of the employment of minors

Article 145. Employing people under the age of 15 to work

Article 146. Working hours of minors

Article 147. Work and workplace are prohibited from employing the employee aged from full 15 years old to less than 18 years old

Section 2. Elderly EMPLOYEES

Article 148. Elderly employees

Article 149. Employing elderly employees

Section 3. VIETNAMESE EMPLOYEES WORKING ABROAD, WORKING FOR FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN VIETNAM, FOREIGN WORKERS WORKING IN VIETNAM

Article 150. Vietnamese employees working abroad, working for foreign organizations and individuals in Vietnam

Article 151. Conditionsforeign workers working in Vietnam

Article 152. Conditions for recruiting and employing foreign workers to work in Vietnam

Article 153. Responsibilities of the employer and the foreign worker

Article 154. Foreign workers working in Vietnam are not required to be issued with work permits

Article 155. Term of work permits

Article 156. Cases of work permits expiring

Article 157. Issuance, reissuance, extension, revocation of work permits, confirmations not subject to work permits

Section 4. EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES

Article 158. State policies toward workers with disabilities

Article 159. Employing disabled workers

Article 160. Prohibited acts when employing disabled workers

Section 5. LABOR IS A FAMILY HELPER

Article 161. The employee is the domestic worker

Article 162. The labor contract for the employee is the domestic worker

Article 163. Obligations of the employer when employing domestic workers

Article 164. Obligations of the employee as the housekeeper

Article 165. Prohibited acts against employers

Section 6. SOME OTHER EMPLOYEES

Article 166. Employees working in the fields of art, gymnastics, sports, maritime and aviation

Article 167. Employees receive work from home

Chapter XII

SOCIAL INSURANCE, HEALTH INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Article 168. Participation in social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance

Article 169. Retirement age

Chapter XIII

ORGANIZATION OF LABOR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE ESTABLISHMENT

Article 170. Right to establish, join and participate in activities of representative organizations of workers at grassroots level

Article 171. Grassroots trade unions belong to the system of Vietnamese trade union organizations

Article 172. Establishment and joining the employee's organization at the enterprise

Article 173. Leadership and organizational members of employees at the enterprise

Article 174. Charter of the employee's organization at the enterprise

Article 175. Prohibited acts against employers related to the establishment, accession and operation of grassroots representative organizations

Article 176. Rights of members of management board of organizations representing workers at grassroots

Article 177. Meaningcases of the employer for the representative organizations of employees at the grassroots level

Article 178. Rights and obligations of grassroots representative organizations in labor relations

Chapter XIV

LABOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON LABOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Article 179. Labor disputes

Article 180. Principles of labor dispute resolution

Article 181. Responsibilities of agencies and organizations in labor dispute resolution

Article 182. Rights and obligations of both parties in labor dispute resolution

Article 183. Rights of agencies, organizations and individuals competent to settle labor disputes

Article 184. Labor Mediator

Article 185. Labor Arbitration Council

Article 186. Prohibiting unilateral action while a labor dispute is being resolved

Section 2. COMPETENCE AND ORDER OF SETTLING INDIVIDUAL LABOR DISPUTES

Article 187. Competence to settle individual labor disputes

Article 188. Order and procedures for mediating individual labor disputes of labor mediators

Article 189. Settlement of individual labor disputes by the Labor Arbitration Council

Article 190. Statute of limitations for requesting resolution of individual labor disputes

Section 3. COMPETENCE AND ORDER FOR SETTLEMENT OF RIGHTS COLLECTIVE LABOR DISPUTES

Article 191. Competence to settle rights-related collective labor disputes

Article 192. The order and procedures for the settlement of collective labor disputes on rights

Article 193. Settlement of collective labor disputes on the rights of the labor arbitration council

Article 194. Statute of limitations for requesting the settlement of collective labor disputes on rights

Section 4. COMPETENCE AND ORDER FOR SETTLEMENT OF INTEREST COLLECTIVE LABOR DISPUTES

Article 195. Competence to settle interest-related collective labor disputes

Article 196. Sequence and procedures for the settlement of interest-related collective labor disputes

Article 197. Settlement of collective labor disputes on the interests of the labor arbitration council

Section 5. STRIKES

Article 198. Strikes

Article 199. Where the employee has the right to go on strike

Article 200. Strike order

Article 201. Collecting comments on strikes

Article 202. Decision to go on strike and notice of the starting time of the strike

Article 203. Rights of the parties before and during the strike

Article 204. Cases of illegal strikes

Article 205. Notification of decision to temporarily close the workplace

Article 206. Cases in which the temporary closure of the workplace is prohibited

Article 207. Workers' wages and other legitimate interests during the strike

Article 208. Prohibited acts before, during and after a strike

Article 209. The employer may not go on strike

Article 210. Decision to postpone or stop a strike

Article 211. Strikes handling is not in accordance with the order and procedures

Chapter XV

STATE MANAGEMENT OF LABOR

Article 212. Contents of the State management over labor

Article 213. Competence of State management over labor

Chapter XVI

LABOR INSPECTION, HANDLING OF VIOLATIONS OF LABOR LAW

Article 214. Contents of labor inspection

Article 215. Specialized labor inspectorate

Article 216. Rights of the labor inspector

Article 217. Handling of violations

Chapter XVII

TERMS ENFORCEMENT

Article 218. Procedure exemption and reduction for cases where less than 10 employees are employed

Article 219. To amend and supplement a number of articles of labor-related laws 

Article 220. Entry into force