HR Operations • Vietnam law • ~120 min

Labour Contracts and Lawful Termination in Vietnam

Employers lose these cases on procedure, not on grounds.

120 min 4 modules 10-question test — pass 8/10

Two contract types

45/30/3 notice

Disciplinary dismissal

Six errors

What you'll get: Review labour disputes and the same pattern repeats: the employer had a legitimate practical reason and lost on procedure. This ~120-minute course, grounded in Vietnam's 2019 Labour Code, runs the full contract lifecycle: the two surviving contract types and the trap at the second renewal, the probation rules, the four routes out of employment, the 45/30/3-day notice periods, the lawful grounds for employer-initiated termination, the disciplinary dismissal sequence, severance versus job-loss allowance, and the six procedural errors that cost employers cases.

Who is this course for?

HR specialists in employee relations and HR administration
HR managers who sign termination decisions
Line managers proposing to end someone's employment
Business owners who want to understand labour dispute exposure

After this course, you will

Sign and renew contracts correctly, avoiding the second-renewal trap
Identify the right termination family and apply the matching notice period
Run a disciplinary dismissal that will not be voided on procedure
Calculate severance and job-loss allowances correctly

Course content (4 modules)

Module 1

Signing the contract: two types and the familiar traps

The 2019 Labour Code leaves only two contract types, and the trap sits at the second renewal.

28 min

Module 2

Three families of termination and the notice periods

Mutual agreement, employee-initiated, employer-initiated — three families with three rule sets.

32 min

Module 3

Disciplinary dismissal, allowances and procedural errors

The disciplinary sequence, severance versus job-loss allowance, and the errors that cost employers cases.

32 min

Module 4

Final test & certificate

A 10-question test covering the whole course; 8/10 unlocks the certificate.

20 min

Certificate in Labour Contracts and Lawful Termination

Complete all 4 modules and score at least 8/10 on the final test to unlock the certificate — issued by Nhan Ha (Tony), MBA, SHRM-CP via TTD. Download the PDF, print it, and share it on LinkedIn.

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