Dao Thi Ai

Associate
HCMC Office

Language
  • Vietnamese
  • English
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Ai is mostly involved in employment issues. This includes compensation and benefits, transfer of employment, foreign employees, labor discipline, termination, restructuring and more. The task is always to combine legal knowledge with commercial awareness and human strategy to help the company achieve the best outcome.

Selected Publications

  • Vietnam’s Employment Manual, Russin & Vecchi, 2023
  • Some Common Misunderstandings about hiring a foreigner to work in Vietnam, 2023
  • Vietnam: New regulations on work permits, 2023
  • Vietnam’s New Labor Code – Key changes, Lexology, 2021
  • Is Covid-19 Infection a Work-related accident, Lexology, 2021
  • Hiring a Vietnamese in Vietnam to work abroad: What you need to know, Lexology, 2020
  • Employment and Labor Law in Vietnam, International Employment and Labor Law – Sixth Edition, Littler Mendelson, 2018

Practice Areas

  • Employment
  • Corporate

Education

  • Ho Chi Minh University of Law, Bachelor of Law, 2013

Significant Cases

  • Worked closely with HR manager and In-house counsel to develop, review and implement policies involving compensation and benefits, employment disputes and claims;
  • Advised a major multinational company in all aspects of employment law issues, including transfer of employees, foreign-employee-relations matters, compensation and benefits, labor discipline, termination due to restructuring;
  • On several Due Diligence teams to determine legal compliance of target companies’ employment practices and personal income tax matters.
  • Advised several companies and assisted in negotiating termination of senior employees.
  • Successfully assisted in defense of several companies in lawsuits brought by former employees, claiming unlawful termination and violation of rules on contribution to social insurance.
  • Drafted, tailored, translated and filed International Labor Regulations, salary policy, leave policy, issues involving sexual harassment, bonus policy and others for numerous companies.

Author’s Insights

Types of Employment Contracts in Vietnam
Employment

Employment manual

 October 16th, 2024

This Employment Manual is intended to be an easy desk-top reference for the Chief Representative, the General Director, the Human Resources Manager, or any person who wants a good understanding of Vietnam’s labor law. 

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