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What Base Salary Is and How to Calculate Take-Home Pay

Base salary is the fixed portion of income an employee is guaranteed under their contract, independent of sales or business results. It is the most...

August 31, 2026

Why raising base pay won't retain talent, and what a compensation policy does instead

When a strong performer resigns, the reflex at many companies in Vietnam is to counter with a raise. Yet people who stay only because of...

August 3, 2026

When the 13th month salary in Vietnam becomes mandatory and how to calculate it

Vietnam's 13th month salary is not a statutory requirement under the 2019 Labor Code, but it becomes legally binding the moment an employer commits to...

June 1, 2026

Pay Transparency Risk: 5 Compensation Gaps MNCs Cannot Afford to Ignore in 2026

Five pay transparency gaps MNCs need to address in 2026: no salary range disclosed in job postings (violating Employment Law 74/2025, in effect since July...

May 12, 2026

From Fragmentation to Framework: Aligning Pay Across a 30,000-Employee Vietnamese Conglomerate

Fragmentation is not a problem until scale turns it into one. For a 30,000-employee conglomerate operating across dozens of entities, differences in how pay is...

May 7, 2026

Why Relying on Annual Salary Reviews Won’t Retain Your Best People

Many Vietnamese companies are solving only half of the retention equation. They offer higher bonuses than multinationals, maintain consistent salary review cycles, and still lose...

April 21, 2026

Optimizing Expat Income Through Tax Equalization Policy in Vietnam

Tax Equalization policy is the "key" to attracting foreign professionals because it ensures financial neutrality, protecting employees from any disadvantage in actual take-home income when...

March 30, 2026

Work – Worker – Workplace: Talent Retention, Reinvented for Turbulent Times

As artificial intelligence accelerates at breakneck speed, the global workforce structure is shifting faster than most companies can adapt. This raises a strategic question: In the...

December 16, 2025

Family-Friendly Benefits: Attract and Retain Top Talent in 2025

The highest-performing companies have identified a powerful, yet often overlooked, lever for unlocking productivity and retaining their most critical talent: family-friendly benefits. This is no...

October 23, 2025

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