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