📢 OFFICIAL ISSUANCE OF DECREE No. 337/2025/NĐ-CP





Official issuance of Decree No.337/2025/NĐ-CP – Electronic Labor Contracts

📢 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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Electronic labor contracts – The new standard of modern governance.


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