Vietnam Unemployment Benefit Calculator 2026 (Trợ Cấp Thất Nghiệp)
Calculate the unemployment benefit in Vietnam from 2026: 60% of your average insured salary, capped at 5 times the regional minimum wage, for 3 to 12 months.
You must have contributed for at least 12 months in the 24 months before the contract ended, apply within 3 months and not have found a new job. Payment starts from the 11th working day after a complete application.
What it does
Under the Employment Law 2025, in force since 1 January 2026, a worker who loses a job after contributing to unemployment insurance receives 60% of the average salary on which contributions were paid in the last 6 months, at most 5 times the regional minimum wage. The benefit lasts 3 months for 12 to 35 months of contributions and one more month for every further 12 months, up to 12 months.
How to use it
- Type the average insured salary of the last 6 months.
- Add the months of contributions and choose the region of your last employer.
- Read the monthly benefit, the duration and the total.
The arithmetic runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere and nothing is stored, so you can use these with real numbers.
Frequently asked questions
How much unemployment benefit with 20 million VND and 5 years?
60% of 20 million is 12,000,000 VND a month. 60 months of contributions give 3 months plus 3 more for the 36 months above 24: 6 months, 72,000,000 VND in total.
What is the maximum unemployment benefit?
5 times the regional minimum wage: 26,550,000 VND a month in region I, 23,650,000 in region II, 20,700,000 in region III and 18,500,000 in region IV, for at most 12 months.
Can I get both severance and unemployment benefit?
For different periods, yes: severance covers the years without unemployment insurance (for example before 2009) and the benefit comes from the insured years.
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