Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,485 ₫
Social Security
- 199 ₫
Health Insurance
- 37.28 ₫
Unemployment insurance
- 24.85 ₫
Income Tax
- 111 ₫
Total tax
- 372 ₫
Net pay
* 2,113 ₫
Marginal tax rate
15.0%
Average tax rate
15.0%
85.0%
Net pay
15.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,113 ₫
Net pay
534 ₫
Tax the employer pays
372 ₫
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
906 ₫
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 534 ₫ to pay you 2,485 ₫. In other words, every time you spend 10 ₫ of your hard-earned money, 3.65 ₫ goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15% tax rate now rises to 30.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 646,100 ₫ a year living in Vietnam, you will be taxed 96,753 ₫. That means that your net pay will be 549,347 ₫ per year, or 45,779 ₫ per month. Your average tax rate is 15.0% and your marginal tax rate is 15.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 ₫ in your salary will be taxed 14.97 ₫, hence, your net pay will only increase by 85.03 ₫.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 ₫ bonus will generate an extra 850 ₫ of net incomes. A 5,000 ₫ bonus will generate an extra 4,252 ₫ of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
VND 635870
1.6%
1
USA
VND 590145
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
VND 646048
0.0%
1
Singapore
VND 646089
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
VND 646112
0.0%
3
Thailand
VND 613795
5.0%
4
Indonesia
VND 589243
8.8%
5
Taiwan
VND 588915
8.9%
6
South Korea
VND 577041
10.7%
7
New Zealand
VND 569334
11.9%
8
India
VND 568567
12.0%
9
China
VND 560920
13.2%
10
Vietnam
VND 549347
15.0%
11
Malaysia
VND 526653
18.5%
12
Japan
VND 525012
18.7%
13
Kazakhstan
VND 511711
20.8%
14
Pakistan
VND 372766
42.3%
15
Philippines
VND 264533
59.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
VND 630752
2.4%
1
Brazil
VND 597664
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
VND 594708
8.0%
3
Colombia
VND 594412
8.0%
4
Ecuador
VND 585075
9.5%
5
Guatemala
VND 584149
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
VND 578260
10.5%
7
Panama
VND 575154
11.0%
8
Peru
VND 565350
12.5%
9
Argentina
VND 536263
17.0%
10
Chile
VND 532386
17.6%
11
Uruguay
VND 529159
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
VND 646101
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
VND 646120
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
VND 613771
5.0%
3
Qatar
VND 613816
5.0%
4
Lebanon
VND 600873
7.0%
5
Bahrain
VND 594507
8.0%
6
Oman
VND 594556
8.0%
7
Kuwait
VND 574866
11.0%
8
Israel
VND 561124
13.2%
9
Turkey
VND 544279
15.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Việt Nam tables of Vietnam, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.