People & Talent
Contract Staffing Vietnam
Fixed-term hiring for production ramps, peak season and leave cover
The worker is employed by us on a Vietnamese labour contract and takes direction from you. Compulsory social, health and unemployment insurance, PIT withholding, statutory leave and the reporting that comes with being an employer here all sit on our side, along with the risk if someone has to be replaced. The usual reasons are a project ramp, a maternity cover, or a stretch of demand you would rather not hire permanently against.
24+ years
of regional HR experience
2,000+ companies
Trusted across SEA
15 industries
Specialist sector coverage
5 markets
VN · SG · MY · TH · ID
How it works
1
Brief
Agree the deliverable, the site, the shift pattern and the term.
2
Source
Draw from an active Vietnamese contract pool across 15 industries.
3
Onboard
Contract issued, insurance registered, worker briefed and on site.
4
Manage
We run payroll, leave, claims and performance. You run the work.
Contract staffing in Vietnam, backed by 24+ years
Vietnamese labour law is stricter about fixed-term contracts than most employers expect. A definite-term contract can be renewed only once before the employment converts to indefinite, which changes the notice, the termination grounds and the cost of ending it. Employers who plan a rolling series of short contracts to preserve flexibility usually find they have created a permanent employee instead. That decision has to be made up front, not deferred. We employ the worker through People Profilers Services Vietnam Company Limited, carry compulsory social, health and unemployment insurance and monthly personal income tax withholding, and write the term to match the work. It suits a production ramp in Binh Duong or Bac Ninh, peak volume in a Ho Chi Minh City distribution centre, or maternity cover starting in a fortnight. If you are weighing contract against permanent, we have set out how the statutory layer compares on a permanent hire.
How our billing-rate model works
One billing rate, quoted monthly for longer deployments and hourly for short cover. The worker's salary, every contribution owed on it and our margin are combined into a single line in the engagement letter, agreed before anyone starts.
Monthly Billing Rate
- ✓Salary, statutory, and margin in one rate
- ✓Includes social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance contributions
- ✓Statutory leave provisions covered
- ✓Suitable for deployments three months and above
Hourly Billing Rate
- ✓For short-term, project-based, or peak-season deployments
- ✓Same statutory cost inclusions as monthly
- ✓Transparent hourly rate, no hidden costs
- ✓Suitable for deployments under three months
Conversion Option
- ✓Engage a deployed contractor as your direct employee
- ✓Conversion fee documented before deployment begins
- ✓Calculated on deployment duration completed
- ✓Standard market protection, agreed upfront
Statutory costs sit inside the rate and every deployment carries a minimum engagement period. Taking on a deployed contractor directly within the introduction validity period triggers the conversion fee set out in your engagement letter.
What makes a Vietnamese contract engagement work
Three things tend to decide whether a contract engagement runs smoothly here.
A term decided up front
A brief written for a contract rather than adapted from a permanent one. How long, what has to be delivered, and what a successful first quarter looks like. Permanent specifications ask about career trajectory and produce candidates optimised for the wrong thing.
Costs that are visible before deployment
One rate with everything inside it. The compulsory insurance contributions, PIT handling and statutory leave are part of the number quoted, and no separate statutory invoice appears later in the year.
Tet planned in, not discovered
An ending agreed at the start. Conversion to permanent, extension, or cover if the person leaves all belong in the engagement letter on day one, not in a negotiation during the week they become urgent. Contract term limits matter here too, and they are tracked rather than discovered.
“Our consultant is incredibly responsive and takes full ownership of her work. She is consistently our first point of contact for hiring because she handles every request with speed and reliability. It is always a pleasure to work with someone so dependable.”
- HR Manager, client since 2019
Industries & Functions We Cover
Contract demand looks different by sector. A plant staffing a seasonal peak, a hospital covering rostered absence, a bank resourcing a remediation programme with a fixed end date: the screening, the urgency and the shape of the work have little in common. Our consultants recruit into these industries, so shortlists are built against the situation rather than the job title.
Aerospace & Aviation
Aircraft maintenance technicians, avionics and component specialists, ground operations and aviation supply chain roles around Tan Son Nhat, Noi Bai and Long Thanh.
Automotive
Production and quality engineers, supplier development, sales and aftersales management for assemblers and the growing EV and component base.
Banking & Financial Services
Relationship managers, credit and risk analysts, compliance and AML officers and operations specialists across Vietnamese commercial banks, insurers and securities firms.
Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
Regulatory affairs, QA and validation, medical representatives and market access roles for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Chemical
Process and production engineers, plant supervisors, HSE officers and technical sales across the southern and central industrial zones.
Construction & Civil Engineering
Project and site managers, civil, structural and M&E engineers, quantity surveyors and safety officers on Vietnamese infrastructure and property projects.
FMCG & Retail
Brand and trade marketing managers, key account and modern trade specialists, and retail operations across a fast-growing national footprint.
Healthcare
Clinical operations, nursing leadership, medical representatives and regulatory specialists for private hospital groups and device companies.
IT & Telecommunication
Software engineers, DevOps, product managers and data specialists across the Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang development centres and outsourcing firms.
Logistics & Transportation
Freight forwarding, customs and import-export specialists, warehouse and distribution managers around Cat Lai, Hai Phong and the border crossings.
Marine & Offshore Engineering
Marine and subsea engineers, yard and vessel operations, project managers and HSE specialists across shipbuilding and offshore support.
Media & Publishing
Account management, content and performance marketing, creative and production roles across agencies, platforms and publishers.
Oil & Gas
Process, drilling and project engineers, HSE coordinators and commercial analysts for upstream operators, service companies and refineries.
Real Estate & Property
Development and project managers, leasing and property managers, facilities leads and investment roles for Vietnamese developers and funds.
Semiconductor
Process, test and packaging engineers, equipment and production specialists across the assembly and testing plants in the northern and southern parks.
Frequently asked questions
Who is People Profilers Services Vietnam Company Limited?
People Profilers Services Vietnam Company Limited is the contract workforce arm of People Profilers, a Southeast Asia HR group founded in 2002 with Vietnam operations established 2018. We act as the direct employer of contract personnel deployed at client sites across Vietnam and the region.
What contract staffing roles do you cover?
Operations and administration, customer and technical support, finance and accounting support, logistics and warehousing, engineering and technical trades, healthcare administration, and project roles across most sectors.
Contract suits work with a defined shape and an end point. Where a role is plainly permanent and a contract is just a way of postponing the decision, we will say so, partly because contract term limits here make that postponement more expensive than it looks.
How is your billing rate calculated?
The worker's salary, plus every compulsory contribution owed on it, plus our margin, expressed as one figure. Nothing is added later. Seniority, scarcity of the skill and deployment length move the number, and the applicable regional minimum wage sets the floor. It is fixed in the engagement letter before deployment.
What's the Conversion Fee if we hire a contractor permanently?
Taking a contractor onto your own payroll during the introduction validity period in your engagement letter triggers a fee, because we carried the cost of finding and employing that person.
It falls the longer the contractor has been deployed with you and disappears past the end of that period. Converting someone who has worked out is a good outcome, so the terms are written to make it straightforward rather than punitive.
How quickly can you deploy contract workers?
For operations, administrative and support roles where our pool is deep, candidates within days and a start inside a week or two depending on notice.
Technical and licensed roles take longer, and anything requiring background screening or a work permit runs to that process rather than ours. You get a timeline against your actual role at briefing rather than an average across all of them.
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