Employment
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Vietnam
Band 3
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+84 28 36227729About
Provided by LE & TRAN
Type of Work Handled:
Le & Tran provides comprehensive legal services in labor and employment law, specializing in resolving complex workplace disputes, advising on compliance with Vietnam’s evolving labor regulations, and assisting with workforce restructuring. The firm handles matters such as labor arbitration, employee misconduct investigations, unfair dismissal claims, collective bargaining disputes, and workplace policy reviews.
Categories of Clients:
The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including multinational corporations, domestic enterprises, state-owned entities, and senior executives. Industries served include manufacturing, technology, pharmaceuticals, logistics, hospitality, and retail. Le & Tran is frequently sought by global companies establishing or expanding operations in Vietnam for its deep understanding of local labor laws.
Specialisations:
- Workplace Dispute Resolution: Expertise in handling labor arbitrations and court litigation involving employment disputes.
- Compliance and Advisory: Proactive counsel on labor law compliance, workplace regulations, and employee relations.
- Restructuring and Redundancy: Skilled in advising on large-scale workforce changes, including layoffs and redundancies.
- Employee Misconduct and Investigations: Efficient handling of sensitive matters, ensuring confidentiality and legal compliance.
- Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations: Advising on union negotiations, collective agreements, and strike management.
Chambers Review
LE & TRAN is a well-regarded law firm handling labour matters in Vietnam. The firm assists companies across such sectors as energy, manufacturing and technology with internal employment policies and contracts, terminations and employee transfers. The team is also known for its expertise in labour litigation. Alongside its employer-side practice, the practice is noted for representing individual employees on labour proceedings.
Work Highlights
- LE & TRAN advised Li & Fung on termination of the labour contracts of several employees of retirement age in accordance with the retirement scheme.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team is very responsive to our queries and professional in dealing with us."
"They are always very well organised and make it very easy for the client, providing explicit instructions on what needs doing and how."
"The team is very responsive to our queries and professional in dealing with us."
"They are always very well organised and make it very easy for the client, providing explicit instructions on what needs doing and how."
Notable Practitioners
Stephen Le Hoang Chuong is the managing partner at LE & TRAN, based in its Ho Chi Minh City office. He assists clients with employment advisory matters, including terminations, employee transfers, internal policies and labour disputes.
"He is very responsive to our queries and helpful in answering our questions."
"He provided very pragmatic advice, which was very much appreciated."