If you have been working for 6 months, can you take a leave with fully-paid in Vietnam?

If you have been working for 6 months, can you take a leave with fully-paid in Vietnam?

Clause 2 Article 113 of the Labor Code 2019 provides for annual leave when not working for 12 months as follows:

1. Any employee who has been working for an employer for 12 months is entitled to fully-paid annual leave, which is stipulated in his/her employment contract as follows:

a) 12 working days for employees who work in normal working conditions;

b) 14 working days for employees that are minors, the disabled, employees who do laborious, toxic or dangerous works;

c) 16 working days for employees who do highly laborious, toxic or dangerous works.

2. An employee who has been working for an employer for less than 12 months will have a number of paid leave days proportional to the number of working months.

Thus, in your case, when you work less than 12 months, you will be on leave in proportion to the number of months of work in Vietnam. If you work under normal conditions, you will be entitled to 6 days off corresponding to the 6 months you have worked.

Is the number of annual holidays  in Vietnam increased?

In Article 114 of the Labor Code 2019, there are provisions as follows:

The annual leave of an employee as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 113 of this Code shall increase by 01 day for every 05 years of employment with the same employer.

Thus, the number of annual leave days will be increased in Vietnam, each full 05 years of work will be increased correspondingly 01 day.

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