What are the main employer obligations under Vietnam Labor Code 2019?

Vietnam Labor Code 2019 governs contracts, working hours, leave and termination. Employers contribute to Social Insurance, Health Insurance, Unemployment Insurance and a trade union fund. PIT is withheld at source. Region-based minimum wages apply and change by decree. Verify current rates with your EOR or MOLISA.

Does Teamed have its own entity in Vietnam, or use a partner?

Teamed covers ~180 countries through owned entities in ~90 to 100 markets and vetted partners elsewhere. Ask directly whether Vietnam is owned or partner-served for your hire. The answer determines accountability for the Labor Code 2019, payroll and PIT. Teamed is transparent about the mix.

How does FX work on Vietnam EOR payroll?

Vietnam payroll runs in VND and most EOR providers convert to your billing currency without publishing the spread, typically 1.5 to 3% of salary (industry analysis). Teamed shows the rate against mid-market and absorbs FX at zero markup. Deel and Rippling do not publish FX terms. Remote shows the rate after the fact. Oyster and Papaya charge undisclosed fees.

How current is this comparison, and how was it scored?

Every competitor figure is read from the Teamed competitor fact-cache, verified 17 June 2026 against each provider pricing page and G2. Eight providers scored 1 to 5 on five Vietnam-focused criteria, no overall winner. Reviewed quarterly, pricing monthly.

Best EOR in Vietnam · 2026

The best EOR providers in Vietnam in 2026

Q: Which EOR provider is best for hiring in Vietnam in 2026?

No single best. Teamed leads cost transparency, Vietnam compliance depth on human advisory and the lifecycle path. Remote leads on owned entities and platform polish. Oyster leads onboarding. Deel and Rippling lead on platform breadth. G-P and Papaya suit large enterprises. Ask any provider: is Vietnam owned or partner-served, and can you see the FX?

Q: Do I need a local entity to hire someone in Vietnam?

No. An EOR hires compliantly in Vietnam before you have your own entity. The EOR issues the local contract, runs VND payroll, withholds PIT, and remits the mandatory Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance contributions. When a Foreign-Invested Enterprise becomes cost-effective, the right provider models the crossover and helps you get there.

No single winner. We scored eight EOR providers on a rubric built around Vietnam's Labor Code 2019 and the crossover to a Foreign-Invested Enterprise. Teamed leads on cost transparency, compliance depth and lifecycle. Oyster leads on onboarding. Deel and Rippling lead on platform.

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Rated 4.8 on G2 for service

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EOR providers scored on one Vietnam-focused rubric: $599
Teamed flat fee, FX absorbed at zero markup: 5
Scored criteria, no overall winner

Disclosure

This guide was produced by Teamed, which is one of the eight providers scored below on the same rubric as the rest. We don't crown an overall winner, we don't claim to be the cheapest, and we say plainly where another provider is the better fit for your Vietnam hire.

Last reviewed 17 June 2026By Tom Price-Daniel, Co-founder, Teamed

Which EOR provider is best for hiring in Vietnam in 2026?

What is an EOR in Vietnam?

An Employer of Record (EOR) in Vietnam legally employs your people there under the Labor Code 2019, which came into force on 1 January 2021. The EOR issues the local employment contract, runs payroll in Vietnamese dong, withholds personal income tax, and remits the mandatory Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance contributions on both sides of the employment relationship. A trade union fund contribution applies where a union exists. You direct the day-to-day work; the EOR carries the legal employer obligations.

Companies use an EOR in Vietnam to hire engineers, operations staff and commercial talent before their own entity is ready. The two most common entry-path structures are a Representative Office, which is faster to register but limited in scope, and a wholly Foreign-Invested Enterprise, which allows broader activities at higher setup cost and time. An EOR bridges that gap and, with the right provider, models the crossover point where your own entity becomes the more cost-effective route.

Methodology

How we scored this comparison

Each provider is scored 1 to 5 on five criteria, with Vietnam's employment framework as the rubric anchor. There is no weighted total and no overall winner. Different providers lead different columns. Teamed is scored on exactly the same criteria as the rest.

Vietnam compliance depth: Real HR and legal experts with Vietnam-specific employment-law depth on the Labor Code 2019, Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance obligations, trade union fund, personal income tax withholding and region-based minimum wages. How fast a real employment-law expert answers when a probation dispute or termination goes wrong in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi.
Cost and FX transparency: Whether the headline fee is the real bill. VND-to-billing-currency conversion disclosed and itemised, no undisclosed FX spread, no surprise setup, deposit or year-end fees.
Platform and self-serve: Dashboard depth, HRIS integrations and API surface for teams that want to run Vietnam hiring with minimal manual steps.
Onboarding speed: Speed from signed offer to first Vietnam payroll, and how well the process holds up as headcount grows.
Lifecycle to entity: Whether the provider moves you from EOR to a wholly Foreign-Invested Enterprise or Representative Office on one system, and models the crossover when EOR stops being the right structure.

How we gathered evidence

Every competitor number on this page is read from the Teamed competitor fact-cache, last verified on 17 June 2026 against each provider's own pricing page and G2. Where a provider does not publish pricing on primary pages (G-P, Rippling), we say so. Where G2 blocked an automated read, the rating carries a verification caveat. Coverage and entity-model claims come from each provider's own pages. Teamed's claims come from teamed.global and KERNAL.

Considered & excluded

We scored the eight EOR providers a company hiring in Vietnam for the first time would realistically shortlist, from enterprise incumbents to the mid-market specialists.

Multiplier: Scored on the parallel Deel alternatives page. Including a ninth provider would have diluted the Vietnam-specific depth per card.
Native Teams: Smaller Vietnam-specific track record than the eight scored; its strength is the low-price end of the market rather than Labor Code 2019 depth.

How they score, criterion by criterion

There’s no overall winner. Each column is a different priority. Pick the ones that matter to you, then read the write-ups below.

Provider	Vietnam compliance depth	Cost and FX transparency	Platform and self-serve	Onboarding speed	Lifecycle to entity
Teamed(us)	Leads	Leads			Leads
Deel			Leads
Remote
Oyster				Leads
Rippling
Papaya Global
Globalization Partners (G-P)
Velocity Global (now Pebl)

Scored 1–5 on each criterion from the published rubric above. The highlighted cell leads that column. Teamed is scored on exactly the same criteria as every other provider.

Teamed

Us, scored on the same rubric

Best for: fast-growing companies hiring in Vietnam that want the real FX on VND payroll, a real person on every plan for Labor Code 2019 questions, and one partner from first contractor through EOR to their own Foreign-Invested Enterprise.

Teamed is the advisory alternative for Vietnam, built around the four pillars that matter most when the Labor Code and a multi-layer contribution regime are in play: honesty about cost, real HR and legal experts on every plan, legal depth, and a technology path to your own entity. It shows the VND-to-billing-currency conversion rate against a mid-market reference and absorbs FX at zero markup on the fee, so the payroll cost is what the invoice says it is.

Real HR and legal experts with Vietnam-specific employment-law depth handle the hard moments directly. A probation dispute, a redundancy under the Labor Code, a personal income tax question for a relocating employee: these reach a real person with country experience, not a queue. Access is included on every plan, with no AI bot wall and no support tier to unlock. Teamed is rated 4.8 on G2 for service.

Teamed isn't trying to be your HRIS. It plugs into the major HR platforms you already run and is the partner you choose for your Vietnam team, from the first contractor through EOR to a wholly Foreign-Invested Enterprise on the same system via GEMO. When the math says your own entity beats EOR, Teamed models it and helps you get there, rather than keeping you on a model that no longer fits.

Countries: ~180 via the mixed network (owned entities in ~90 to 100 markets, vetted partners elsewhere)
Entity model: Owned entities in major markets, vetted partners elsewhere; sets up your own entity in Vietnam via GEMO
Onboarding: Expert-guided, with a real Vietnam specialist through the transition
Contractors: Yes, with misclassification cover (Guard / Protect)
Pricing: $599 USD / £479 GBP / employee / month, flat, FX absorbed at zero markup · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.8/5

Strengths

Shows the VND payroll FX rate against mid-market and absorbs it at zero markup. The cost you see on the invoice is the cost you pay. Teamed models the crossover to a Foreign-Invested Enterprise when EOR stops being the right structure.
Real HR and legal experts on every plan, with Vietnam-specific Labor Code 2019 depth on probation rules, termination, and the multi-component Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance regime. No AI bot wall, no support tier to unlock. Rated 4.8 on G2.
One partner from first contractor through EOR to your own entity in Vietnam, on one system, with no re-onboarding. GEMO sets up and runs your own entity in 90+ countries.
Advisory model built for fast-growing companies with an international footprint. Plugs into your HRIS rather than trying to replace it, and proactively tells you when EOR is no longer the right model.

Watch-outs

Lighter self-serve platform and shallower API than Deel or Rippling. The model is advisory, not dashboard-first.
Smaller brand and review base than Deel or Remote. Less recognition in a procurement process that weights market-leader status, and ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are aligned with accreditation in progress, not yet held the way Deel holds them.
The advisory model earns its weight across multiple countries or a growing headcount. A single Vietnam hire with no plans to grow may suit a lighter, lower-cost self-serve platform better.

Source: teamed.global/pricing

Deel

Best for: teams that want the deepest all-in-one platform and the widest native integration catalogue, and will trade FX transparency on VND payroll for platform breadth.

Deel is the market leader and the baseline the rest are measured against. It has the deepest self-serve product in the category and one of the broadest native integration catalogues for global hiring, including Vietnam. Its platform covers contract, payroll, compliance and benefits in one system. For many buyers it is the first name on the shortlist before anyone else is considered.

The consistent reasons companies look past it are the FX terms and the support structure. Deel does not publish its FX rate or spread, so the VND-to-billing-currency conversion cost is built into the rate rather than shown. Its dedicated Slack or Teams support channel sits on the Enterprise tier at $899 per employee per month, while Standard support runs through a shared queue. Buyers report the headline can balloon once FX is added.

Against any competitor, Deel keeps the broadest platform and the longest enterprise track record, and holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 today, which a procurement team will note. The choice is whether platform depth outweighs a readable FX invoice and a real person on a standard plan.

Countries: ~150-plus reach, full legal employment in 110+
Entity model: A mix of owned entities and vetted partners
Onboarding: Fast, deep self-serve
Contractors: Yes, mature contractor and misclassification tooling
Pricing: From $599 Standard, from $899 Enterprise / employee / month · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.8/5

Strengths

The deepest all-in-one platform and self-serve depth in the category. Dashboard flows for Vietnam contract, payroll and benefits are built without custom development.
One of the broadest native integration catalogues in the category, from HRIS to payroll to finance tools.
Holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications today, plus mature equity, IP and contractor tooling alongside EOR.
Market-leading brand and the longer enterprise track record, clearing a procurement shortlist on recognition alone.

Watch-outs

Does not publish its FX terms, so the VND salary-conversion cost is built into the rate rather than shown on the invoice.
Reserves its dedicated Slack or Teams support channel for the Enterprise tier ($899 per employee per month). Standard support runs through a shared queue.
Buyers report add-on charges and, in one case, a large upfront salary deposit for a long-notice hire, though these are buyer accounts rather than published Deel terms.

Source: deel.com/pricing

Remote

Best for: teams that want a polished self-serve platform, a published base price and a strong owned-entity narrative, with Vietnam in the 90+ EOR country set to confirm.

Remote markets a 100%-owned entity network across its 90+ EOR countries and runs a polished self-serve platform with mature benefits and IP products. If Vietnam is in the owned-entity set, the chain is direct: Remote's own entity is the legal employer, with no partner layer. Its $599 headline applies on annual billing ($699 month to month), and the dedicated onboarding specialist and named CSM are included on the EOR plan.

It is more transparent than Deel on FX, but only after the fact. Remote applies a variable Remote FX rate to cross-currency lines and shows the rate used on the monthly invoice, with no published percentage. Buyers model the annual commitment required for the $599 rate before comparing against flat-fee providers.

The fit is a team that wants to run Vietnam hiring as a product rather than a service, with strong self-serve flows and a benefits administration layer. Against Deel you trade integration breadth for owned entities and a published, readable base price. Against Teamed you trade a zero-markup transparent FX line and the lifecycle path for a larger product suite and the Remote brand.

Countries: 190+ locations across all products, 90+ for full owned-entity EOR
Entity model: Owned-entity led in its core 90+ EOR countries, partners and other products beyond
Onboarding: Dedicated onboarding specialist plus a named CSM on the EOR plan
Contractors: Yes, tiered, with indemnity options
Pricing: $599/mo on annual billing ($699 month to month) · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.6/5 (591)

Strengths

A 100%-owned entity network across its core 90+ EOR countries. Ask Remote whether Vietnam is owned or partner-served.
A polished, well-designed self-serve platform with strong benefits administration and IP-protection tooling, included in-product.
Pricing published in full: $599 on annual billing, $699 month to month. No setup or onboarding fees stated on the pricing page.
A dedicated onboarding specialist and a named CSM included on the EOR plan, backed by in-house HR, legal and tax experts.

Watch-outs

The $599 rate requires annual billing. Month-to-month is $699, so the comparable price depends on the commitment you can make.
The Remote FX rate is a variable blended rate shown on the invoice after the fact, with no published percentage. Not a zero-markup or itemised mid-market line.
Ask explicitly whether Vietnam is served by a Remote-owned entity or a local partner. The 90+ EOR-country figure is the owned-entity set; beyond it delivery runs through partners.

Source: remote.com/pricing

Oyster

Best for: smaller and fast-scaling teams that want automation, a flat published EOR price, and human-expert support with a published SLA, including for Vietnam hires.

Oyster is the automation-first alternative and a certified B-Corp. Onboarding is fast and guided, with a dedicated Hiring Success Manager through the process. Its published EOR price is a flat $699 per employee per month, and the pricing page explicitly states no setup, onboarding, HR-expert-access or termination charges are added. Support comes with a published SLA: responses within 24 hours and guaranteed resolution in under 72 hours. For a first Vietnam hire, the combination of a flat published price and a human expert on the onboarding is a strong starting point.

The watch-outs are in the cash and FX detail. Oyster requires a refundable deposit for every EOR engagement, with no amount published on its pricing page. It also charges a currency-conversion fee on any currency mismatch, again with no rate disclosed. White-glove HR advisory is billed separately at $300 per hour rather than included. These are material for a VND payroll where every cross-currency conversion matters.

Oyster does not offer a productised path from EOR to your own entity, so it can become something you outgrow as Vietnam headcount grows. Against Deel you trade platform breadth for speed, a published flat price and a human support relationship that does not require an Enterprise tier. Against Teamed you trade a transparent FX line and the lifecycle path for a lower EOR list price and the B-Corp credential.

Countries: 180+ all products, 120+ for EOR
Entity model: Hybrid, own or partner with local entities in over 180 countries; no split published
Onboarding: Fast, automated, with a dedicated Hiring Success Manager
Contractors: Yes, $29/contractor/month, strong tooling
Pricing: $699 / employee / month, flat (annual discounts noted, amount not published) · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.4/5 (1447)

Strengths

Published SLA: responses within 24 hours and guaranteed resolution in under 72 hours, plus a dedicated Hiring Success Manager for the Vietnam onboarding. The onboarding column leader on this rubric.
A certified B-Corp with a flat published EOR price of $699 and no stated setup, onboarding, HR-expert-access or termination charges.
Strong contractor tooling at $29 per contractor per month with payments in 120+ currencies and a free misclassification test.
Large G2 review base of approximately 1,447 reviews at 4.4, plus SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance.

Watch-outs

Requires a refundable deposit for every EOR engagement, with no amount published, and charges a currency-conversion fee on any currency mismatch, with no rate disclosed.
White-glove HR advisory is billed separately at $300 per hour, not included. No productised path from EOR to a Vietnamese Foreign-Invested Enterprise.
No Vietnam-specific owned-entity count disclosed. Ask explicitly whether Vietnam is served by an owned entity or a local partner.

Source: oysterhr.com/pricing

Rippling

Best for: teams that want HR, IT and payroll on one platform and treat EOR as a module within a broader system, but confirm Vietnam sits in Rippling's 80-country EOR footprint before shortlisting.

Rippling is the platform-first alternative: HRIS, IT management and EOR on one employee graph, with 600+ published integrations. Every Rippling customer uses the same underlying HRIS, so EOR sits inside a unified people-and-IT system rather than as a standalone service. For teams standardising their whole HR stack, that consolidation is the draw.

EOR is the newer and smaller part of the Rippling product. EOR coverage is 80 countries, materially lower than the roughly 180 the dedicated EOR providers reach. Confirm Vietnam is in that 80 before shortlisting. Rippling does not publish EOR pricing on its primary pages; a $499 starting figure appears on its own blog comparison table, with a base HR-platform fee sitting on top. Buyers also report an undisclosed security deposit not shown on any public page.

The lifecycle story is credible: Rippling runs both an EOR module and a Global Payroll product for your own entities on the same platform, plus a published entity-versus-EOR cost calculator. If you eventually open a Vietnamese Foreign-Invested Enterprise, the employee data stays on one system. Against Deel you trade EOR maturity and country breadth for the unified people-and-IT stack.

Countries: 80 for EOR (185+ for contractor payments)
Entity model: Hybrid, owned subsidiaries plus partners; split not published
Onboarding: Fast, heavy self-serve; white-glove reserved for enterprise
Contractors: Yes, contractor payments plus Contractor-of-Record
Pricing: Not published on primary pages; about $499 on its own blog, plus an HR-platform base fee · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.8/5

Strengths

The most powerful unified HR, IT and payroll platform on this list. Rippling publishes 600+ integrations on one employee graph.
Published support transparency: live rolling 90-day metrics and human-staffed chat, email and video. SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II both held.
A live entity-versus-EOR cost calculator on the same platform, plus a distinct own-entity Global Payroll product for when you open your own Vietnamese entity.
Fast, heavily automated self-serve onboarding and a Contractor-of-Record product that takes on misclassification liability.

Watch-outs

EOR country coverage is 80, materially lower than the dedicated EOR providers. Confirm Vietnam is included before shortlisting.
Does not publish EOR pricing on primary pages; the $499 starting figure appears only on its own blog, with a base HR-platform fee on top.
Built to replace your HR stack, which is more than a focused Vietnam hire needs, and buyers report an undisclosed security deposit not shown on public pages.

Source: rippling.com

Papaya Global

Best for: enterprises that need payroll automation at scale, a licensed payments arm and a consolidated reporting layer across many countries, with Vietnam in the mix.

Papaya Global is the payroll-at-scale alternative, built for Fortune-500 buyers. Its EOR starts from $499 per employee per month on its pricing page, but the model is enterprise. The platform carries a licensed payments arm (Azimo), 130+ payment currencies and a payroll data backbone designed to integrate with Workday, SAP or Oracle rather than replace them. For a finance team consolidating multi-country payroll that includes Vietnam, the backend is the draw.

Most of Papaya's EOR footprint is partner-delivered: it owns full EOR entities in only 40 of its 160+ country reach, with everything else served by vetted accounting-firm partners. For Vietnam, ask whether the country is in the owned 40 or the partner set. The FX mechanism adds a processing fee to the market-based conversion rate, with the margin supplied via your CSM and varying by country. The wallet must also be pre-funded with a buffer before payroll runs.

For a fast-growing company rather than a Fortune-500, the overhead can outweigh the payroll-backbone benefit. Price the full stack, platform base plus EOR fee plus FX and pre-funding, rather than the $499 headline. Against Deel you trade self-serve simplicity for finance-grade payroll consolidation at scale.

Countries: 160+ reach, owned full EOR entities in 40
Entity model: Hybrid, owned entities in 40 EOR countries, accounting-firm partners elsewhere
Onboarding: Weeks, enterprise-paced
Contractors: Yes, COR/AOR plus AI-plus-human worker classification
Pricing: From $499 / employee / month (EOR); FX processing fee not published · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.5/5 (53)

Strengths

A strong enterprise payroll and data backbone across 160+ countries and 130+ payment currencies, plus a licensed payments arm (Azimo).
A deep certification stack for procurement: ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.
A broad named-connector catalogue spanning Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM and NetSuite for enterprise stack integration.
AI-plus-human worker classification assessments with indemnification, plus a full COR/AOR product for contractor engagement.

Watch-outs

Owns full EOR entities in only 40 of its 160+ countries. Most EOR delivery, potentially including Vietnam, runs through accounting-firm partners.
The FX processing fee applies on currency conversion with no published percentage, country-variable margins via your CSM, and a wallet pre-funded with a buffer before payroll.
Built for Fortune-500 scale. A thin G2 review base of approximately 53 reviews and an enterprise-oriented pricing and onboarding model.

Source: papayaglobal.com/pricing

Globalization Partners (G-P)

Best for: large enterprises where analyst recognition, a deep certification stack and a large in-country legal team outweigh the need for published pricing or fast self-serve setup.

G-P is the analyst-recognised enterprise incumbent, marketing 180+ country reach, 100+ legal entities and 200+ global partners. It markets the largest in-country HR, legal and compliance team claim in the category, with 40+ legal experts stated on its about-us page. For a regulated enterprise where procurement, security and legal reviews need to clear fast, G-P's certification stack is the draw. (It markets itself as the number-one EOR by analysts; we report that as its own claim, not ours.)

For a fast-growing company it is usually heavyweight. EOR pricing is quote-only, with no per-employee figure on any of its own pages. Base-tier support runs through G-P Assist, its AI guidance tool, while a dedicated CSM, quarterly account reviews and direct access to G-P HR and legal teams are reserved for the higher EOR Prime tier. Buyers report a pre-funding model of roughly one to two months' salary, though G-P does not publish that.

The case for G-P is governance at scale. Its ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and 42001 plus SOC 2 Type II stack, all published on a self-serve trust portal, passes most enterprise security reviews. Against Deel you trade published pricing, speed and base-tier human support for enterprise breadth and analyst recognition.

Countries: 180+ reach, 100+ legal entities plus 200+ partners
Entity model: Owned entities plus an extensive partner network; no clean owned-only split published
Onboarding: Enterprise-paced, AI-led base support
Contractors: Yes, self-serve contractor product at $39/contractor/month
Pricing: Quote-only; no per-employee EOR price published · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.4/5 (1028)

Strengths

One of the deepest compliance and security certification stacks in the category: ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and 42001, plus SOC 2 Type II, on a self-serve trust portal.
A large in-country HR, legal and compliance team: G-P markets 40+ legal experts across 180+ countries, plus 200+ global partners.
The only provider with a transparent, self-serve contractor product at $39 per contractor per month, with Wise-powered payments and AI misclassification checks in 40+ countries.
Genuine enterprise-grade scale and analyst recognition, a trust signal that clears enterprise procurement and security reviews.

Watch-outs

Publishes no EOR per-employee price on any of its own pages. A like-for-like Vietnam comparison requires a sales call.
Base-tier support is the G-P Assist AI tool. A dedicated CSM, quarterly reviews and direct HR and legal team access are reserved for the higher EOR Prime tier.
Buyers report a pre-funding model of roughly one to two months' salary, though G-P does not disclose deposit or pre-funding terms publicly.

Source: globalization-partners.com

Velocity Global (now Pebl)

Best for: companies that want the lowest flat headline, broad reach and a deep integration catalogue, and are comfortable with an AI-first support model and no published FX terms.

Velocity Global rebranded to Pebl in September 2025 and repositioned as an AI-first global hiring platform. It publishes a single flat $399 per employee per month on its own pricing page, the lowest headline among the eight providers here, and markets 185+ country reach with owned entities in 65 markets backed by a partner network for the rest. The platform carries 250+ published integrations and a centralised Global Work Platform as the system of record.

Day-to-day support runs through Alfie, the AI assistant, which smart-routes to a human specialist when expertise is needed, backed by 200+ in-country legal and hiring experts. No FX rate or spread is published on its pricing or EOR product pages. Buyers and reviewers report an undisclosed FX spread and a refundable security deposit, though neither appears on the company's pages. Ask whether Vietnam is served by one of the 65 owned entities and pin down the FX terms before signing.

Pebl does not offer a productised path from EOR to your own entity. Its pages frame entity setup and EOR as distinct alternatives rather than a managed transition. Against Deel you trade a settled product experience and base-tier human-first support for a low flat headline and broad reach.

Countries: 185+ reach, owned entities in 65
Entity model: Owned entities in 65 markets, in-country partners for the rest
Onboarding: AI-led, onboarding in as little as 24 hours
Contractors: Yes, 180+ countries (no price published)
Pricing: $399 / employee / month, flat (FX terms not published) · verified 2026-06-17
G2: 4.6/5

Strengths

The lowest flat headline on this list at $399 per employee per month, easy to compare at a glance.
One of the widest published footprints in the category: 185+ countries including all 50 US states, with owned entities in 65.
A deep platform and 250+ published integrations across HRIS, finance and HR tools, plus a centralised Global Work Platform.
Enterprise-grade compliance: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR, plus an in-house award-winning legal team backed by Baker McKenzie.

Watch-outs

Publishes no FX terms. Buyers and reviewers report an undisclosed FX spread and a refundable security deposit not shown on its pages.
Day-to-day support is AI-first through the Alfie assistant. The customer experience is still settling after the September 2025 rebrand to Pebl.
No productised path from EOR to a Vietnamese Foreign-Invested Enterprise. EOR and entity setup are framed as separate routes, not a managed transition.

Source: hellopebl.com/eor-pricing

Why the shortlist matters

Behind every line item is a real person, in a real place.

The fee, the FX and the support model are not abstractions. They decide whether the person you hired in Barcelona or Rome is paid right, on time, by someone who knows their employment law. That is what the ranking is really measuring.

What each stakeholder evaluates

Criterion	Legal	Finance	People Ops	Security
Cost you can read on VND payroll	Ask for the FX policy in writing. Vietnam payroll runs in VND, and the conversion to your billing currency is where cost differences surface. Confirm whether the provider uses a mid-market reference or an undisclosed spread.	Deel, Rippling, Velocity Global (Pebl) and Papaya Global don't publish their FX terms. Remote shows the applied rate on the invoice but not the spread. Teamed shows the rate against mid-market and absorbs FX at zero markup on the fee. Papaya adds an FX processing fee and requires wallet pre-funding; Oyster charges a currency-conversion fee with no rate published.	An itemised invoice avoids per-country reconciliation work. Vietnam payroll has multiple contribution lines, Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance, that need to appear clearly.	A timestamped rate against a public mid-market reference is an auditable record for VND conversion.
Vietnam owned entity or partner	Ask whether the provider hires via its own legal entity or a local partner in Vietnam. The answer determines who is accountable for Labor Code 2019 compliance.	An owned entity removes a partner margin layer in Vietnam. Remote markets owned entities in its core 90+ EOR countries; ask whether Vietnam is in that set. Papaya owns full EOR entities in only 40 of its 160+ reach. G-P markets 100+ legal entities plus 200+ partners.	Real HR and legal experts on local Labor Code cases beat a generalist queue when a probation dispute or redundancy goes wrong.	An owned entity means one data-processing chain rather than a partner sub-processor for Vietnamese employment data.
Human support for Labor Code questions	Ask who handles a contested termination under the Vietnam Labor Code: a real employment-law expert or an AI assistant and a ticket queue.	Check whether real support is gated behind a higher plan. Deel reserves its dedicated channel for $899 Enterprise. G-P reserves human relationship management for EOR Prime. Teamed includes real HR and legal expert access on every plan.	You want a real person who knows the Vietnam Labor Code when a senior hire disputes a probation decision. Teamed is rated 4.8 on G2 for service, with expert access on every plan.	A dedicated contact and clear escalation beat a rotating queue for Vietnam compliance-incident handling.

Decision checklist

Read the small print before you sign. Most EORs require a deposit and many layer on setup, offboarding, minimum-term, no-exit, termination or admin fees. Teamed takes a one-month refundable deposit, charges no onboarding or offboarding fees (an early-exit fee may apply if you leave within 3 months, set out in your contract), and sets the costs out up front.
Choose on Vietnam compliance depth if real HR and legal experts per jurisdiction matter more than self-serve platform depth. Teamed sits at the top of the compliance column on human advisory.
Choose on cost transparency if a VND payroll invoice you can read line by line matters. Teamed shows the FX rate against mid-market and absorbs it at zero markup. Deel, Rippling, Velocity Global and Papaya Global do not publish their FX terms.
Choose Deel if platform breadth, the deepest integration catalogue and the market-leading brand outweigh a readable FX invoice for Vietnam payroll.
Choose Remote if a polished self-serve product and owned entities in its core EOR countries matter most, and you confirm Vietnam is in that owned-entity set.
Choose Oyster if you want fast, automated onboarding, a flat published price and a human support SLA, and you have checked the deposit and currency-conversion fee.
Choose Rippling if you want HR, IT and payroll on one platform, and Vietnam is confirmed in its 80-country EOR footprint.
Choose Papaya Global if enterprise payroll automation at scale is the priority, you need a licensed payments arm and budget is not the constraint.
Choose G-P if you are a large enterprise where analyst recognition, a deep certification stack and a large in-country legal team matter more than published pricing or speed.
Choose Velocity Global (Pebl) for the lowest flat headline and broad reach, if an AI-first support model and no published FX terms are acceptable.
Ask every provider one question before shortlisting for Vietnam: is the country served by your own legal entity or a local partner? The answer determines accountability for the Labor Code 2019 compliance, Social Insurance contributions and PIT withholding.
Ask every provider the Vietnam edge-case questions: Can you handle a redundancy under the Labor Code if the employee disputes it? Can you advise on the PIT position for a relocating employee? Is the trade union fund obligation handled by default? A no on any of these should change the shortlist.

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When another provider is the better fit for Vietnam.

Choose Deel if platform breadth, the deepest integrations and self-serve depth outweigh a readable FX invoice for Vietnam payroll.
Choose Remote if a polished self-serve product and owned entities in the countries you hire in most matter most, and Vietnam is confirmed in the owned-entity set.
Choose Oyster if you want fast automated onboarding, a flat published price and a human support SLA, and you have pinned down the deposit and FX fee.
Choose Rippling if you want your whole HR, IT and payroll stack on one platform, and Vietnam is confirmed in the 80-country EOR footprint.
Choose G-P or Papaya Global if you are an enterprise that needs a deep certification stack, analyst recognition or payroll-at-scale, and price is not the constraint.

Teamed leads cost transparency, Vietnam compliance depth on human advisory, and the path to a Foreign-Invested Enterprise. It does not lead every column. A buyer for whom platform breadth or a lower headline matters more should pick differently. We'd rather lose the deal than mismatch the engagement.

Frequently asked questions

Which EOR provider is best for hiring in Vietnam in 2026?
There's no single best, it depends on your priority. Teamed leads on cost transparency, Vietnam compliance depth on human advisory and the path to a Foreign-Invested Enterprise. Remote leads on the owned-entity narrative and platform polish. Oyster leads on onboarding speed. Deel and Rippling lead on platform breadth. G-P and Papaya Global suit large enterprises. The most useful question for any of them: is Vietnam served by your own legal entity or a local partner, and can you see the FX on your invoice?
Do I need a local entity to hire someone in Vietnam?
No, not initially. An EOR can hire and employ your people in Vietnam before you have your own legal entity there. The EOR issues the local contract under the Vietnam Labor Code 2019, runs payroll in Vietnamese dong, withholds personal income tax, and remits the mandatory Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance contributions on both sides. When your Vietnam headcount grows to the point where a wholly Foreign-Invested Enterprise becomes cost-effective, the right EOR will model that crossover and help you get there. Teamed does this via GEMO on the same system. Most other providers here treat the crossover as a separate conversation.
What are the main employer obligations under Vietnam Labor Code 2019?
Vietnam Labor Code 2019, effective 1 January 2021, governs employment contracts, working hours, leave entitlements, termination procedures and mandatory benefits for all employees in Vietnam. Employers must contribute to the multi-component mandatory Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance schemes, plus a trade union fund where applicable. Personal income tax is withheld at source by the employer. Region-based minimum wages apply, reviewed periodically by the National Wage Council. This guide does not assert specific statutory rates, which change by decree: verify current figures with your EOR or directly with MOLISA.
Does Teamed have its own entity in Vietnam, or use a partner?
Teamed covers Vietnam through its mixed network of owned entities in roughly 90 to 100 major markets and vetted local partners elsewhere. Ask Teamed directly whether Vietnam is owned or partner-served for your hire. That question matters because it determines accountability for the Labor Code 2019 compliance, payroll accuracy and PIT withholding. Teamed is transparent about this, which is consistent with its cost-transparency positioning.
How does FX work on Vietnam EOR payroll?
Vietnam payroll runs in Vietnamese dong (VND). The EOR converts VND to your billing currency, usually USD or GBP. Most EOR providers do not publish the rate or spread they apply to that conversion. Industry analysis puts an undisclosed EOR FX margin at roughly 1.5 to 3% of the salary amount. Teamed absorbs FX at zero markup on the fee and shows the applied rate against a mid-market reference on every invoice. Deel and Rippling do not publish their FX terms. Remote shows the applied rate on the invoice after the fact, with no published percentage. Oyster charges a currency-conversion fee with no rate disclosed. Papaya adds an FX processing fee with country-variable margins supplied via your CSM.
How current is this comparison, and how was it scored?
Every competitor figure is read from the Teamed competitor fact-cache, last verified on 17 June 2026 against each provider's own pricing page and G2. Each of the eight providers is scored 1 to 5 on five Vietnam-focused criteria. There is no weighted total and no overall winner. Where a provider does not publish pricing, or only on its own blog, we say so. Where G2 blocked an automated read, the rating carries a caveat. We review the page quarterly and re-verify pricing monthly.

Common questions

What is the best EOR for hiring in Vietnam in 2026?
It depends on your priority. Teamed is the advisory pick: real HR and legal experts on every plan with Vietnam Labor Code depth, FX shown against mid-market at zero markup, and a managed path from EOR to your own Foreign-Invested Enterprise via GEMO. Remote is product-led with owned entities in its core EOR countries. Oyster leads on onboarding, Deel and Rippling on platform breadth, G-P and Papaya on enterprise scale. Ask any provider: is Vietnam owned or partner-served?
How do EOR providers handle Vietnam social insurance and Labor Code compliance?
Every EOR here registers your employees with Vietnam Social Security, contributes to Social Insurance, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance, withholds PIT and manages the Labor Code 2019 employment contract, working hours, leave and termination obligations. The difference is who handles a dispute or edge case: Teamed has real HR and legal experts on every plan, included by default. G-P's base support is the G-P Assist AI tool, with human CSM and HR team access reserved for EOR Prime. Deel's dedicated support channel is Enterprise-only. Know the answer before a probation dispute or redundancy lands.

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