📢 OFFICIAL ISSUANCE OF DECREE No.337/2025/NĐ-CP
Regulations on Electronic Labor Contracts
Issued: December 24th,2025 • Effective date: January 01, 2026 • Fully operational: no later than July 1, 2026
👉 A mandatory digital transformation requirement in labor management – human resources – national data governance.
🔎 What is an E-labor contract?
- It is an employment contract concluded in the form of a data message.
- It has legal equivalent to a paper contract.
- It also includes a digital signature – timestamp – authentication.
- It is assigned an Identifier (ID) and centrally managed on the National Data Platform.
👉 No more “hand-signed PDF files that are then scanned” like before.
🏛️ National Electronic Labor Contract Platform
- Built and managed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Connected to the National Data Center.
- Centralized management of:
- Electronic Labor Contract
- Contract appendix, amendment, contract termination
- Labor utilization report
- Transaction logs and data access records
👉 This is the “digital employment record” of both employees and enterprises.
✍️ Mandatory conditions for concluding an electronic labor contract
For enterprises and employees:
- Valid electronic identification (Citizen Identification Card, VNeID Level 2, passport, etc.).
- Digital signature and timestamp.
- Signing on an eligible eContract platform.
For eContract service providers:
- Be licensed to provide data message authentication services.
- Have biometric identification technology.
- Connects via API to the National Electronic Labor Contract Platform.
- Submits signed contracts to the Platform within 24 hours.
⏱️ Contract Validity and Management
- The contract becomes effective immediately upon the final party’s digital signature and authentication.
- It is possible to convert paper ↔ electronic.
- Amendments, additions, and termination are conducted 100% online.
- All appendices share 1 ID → full history traceability.
👤 Rights & Responsibilities
Employer:
- Manage all employment contracts on the platform.
- Submit electronic labor utilization reports.
- Be responsible for security, storage, and employee training.
Employees:
- Look up and verify their own contrac.
- Use employment contract data for administrative procedures.
- Secure their accounts and personal information.
⚠️ Key dates to remember
⏰ January 1, 2026 → The Decree has legal effect.
⏰ No later than July 1, 2026 → The electronic labor contract platform must be operational and applied.
🎯 Actual impact
- HR – Accounting – Legal departments need to change the way contracts are managed.
- End the “sign paper – scan – store separately” process.
- Labor data becomes interconnected, transparent, and easily accessible.
- Reduce the risk of disputes, forgery, and loss of records.
📌 In summary:
Electronic labor contracts are no longer optional, but a mandatory governance standard from 2026.
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