Employer of Record in Vietnam, built for engineering teams.

Local law requires a local employer to run payroll, withhold tax, and pay statutory contributions. If you don't have a Vietnamese entity, an EOR becomes that employer on your behalf. AppTuring hires your engineers through our licensed local entities, so they are full employees — not contractors — and you direct their work exactly as you would an in-house hire.

For the full walk-through of who employs whom, read how an Employer of Record works in Vietnam.

1. 01
   5 business days

   Get an interview-ready shortlist

   Pick from our pre-vetted talent pool or brief us on the exact role. We return an audited, interview-ready shortlist within five business days.

2. 02
   ~10 business days

   Choose, sign, and onboard

   You interview and choose, then sign one US B2B agreement — typically within 48 hours — with no Vietnamese entity, local bank account, or registration on your side. From your choice, AppTuring contracts and onboards your engineer locally in around ten business days.

3. 03
   Ongoing

   You lead the code; we run the employment

   Run standups, reviews, and roadmaps exactly as you would in-house. AppTuring runs payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance as the legal employer.

Want to see candidates first? Browse the Vietnamese developer pool.

AppTuring charges a flat $499 per engineer per month — the same whether the engineer earns $2,000 or $5,000. Each month you get one invoice with three lines:

• Salary — the engineer's gross pay, passed through at cost.
• Employer statutory contributions — about 23.5% on top of gross salary (social insurance 17.5%, health 3%, unemployment 1%, trade-union fee 2%), passed through at cost.
• AppTuring fee — a flat $499, covering contracts, payroll, filings, benefits administration, IP assignment, and compliance support.

For example, a senior engineer at a $3,500 gross salary comes to $4,822 a month all-in ($3,500 salary + $823 statutory + $499 fee). Against the modeled fully loaded cost of an equivalent US engineer, the calculator shows savings of 60% or more at every seniority level and role. There is no setup fee, no deposit, and no per-payslip charge.

There are three ways to put engineers on the ground in Vietnam. For most US teams hiring 1–30 engineers, an EOR is the fastest compliant route.

EOR vs. your own entity in Vietnam compares cost, speed, and risk side by side, and the calculator shows the break-even for your team size.

Every engineer assigns their work and inventions to AppTuring, which assigns them onward to your US entity through a back-to-back assignment. With enforceable NDAs, the chain of title runs unbroken to you.

Because engineers are full employees of our licensed Vietnamese entities, you avoid the misclassification and permanent-establishment exposure of paying overseas contractors directly. We withhold and file personal income tax and statutory contributions for each employee and handle offboarding in line with the Vietnam Labor Code.

• How does an Employer of Record work in Vietnam?Who legally employs your engineers, who directs their work, who owns the IP, and exactly what an EOR handles behind the scenes.
• Vietnam EOR Pricing: What You Actually PayFlat fee vs. percentage pricing, what an EOR fee should include, the questions that expose hidden costs, and what AppTuring charges.
• Who Owns the Code? IP Protection in VietnamWhat a back-to-back IP assignment chain is, what to check in an EOR contract, and the misclassification risk to IP ownership.
• Cost to Hire a Software Engineer in VietnamSalary bands, the 23.5% statutory burden, EOR fees, and the all-in monthly number — versus an equivalent US hire.