Lunar New Year Bonus 2026: Record-Breaking Reward of 350 Million VND per Employee

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According to the representative of the Department of Internal Affairs of Khanh Hoa Province, the locality has reported on the labor and salary situation in 2025 and the Tet bonus plan for 2026 at 764 surveyed enterprises with over 62,000 employees in the province.

The results show that the average salary in 2025 reached over 12.8 million VND per person per month. For the 2026 Solar New Year, 476 enterprises have established bonus plans, with an average of over 2.7 million VND per person; the highest is 50 million VND per person (belonging to state-owned enterprises with controlling shares or capital contributions), and the lowest is 500,000 VND per person.

For the 2026 Lunar New Year of the Horse, 527 enterprises have bonus plans. The average bonus is over 9.4 million VND per person; the highest is 350 million VND per person (FDI enterprises), and the lowest is 500,000 VND per person (belonging to private and FDI enterprises).

In Ca Mau Province, approximately 160 units and enterprises have also reported on salary and Tet bonus situations for 2026. In 2025, the average salary ranged from 7.8 to 12 million VND per person per month; the highest was 200 million VND per person per month, and the lowest was approximately 3.4 million VND per person per month, both belonging to private enterprises.

For the 2026 Solar New Year, 55 enterprises (employing over 3,470 workers) plan to give bonuses, with an average of 2 to 9.2 million VND per person; the highest is nearly 37 million VND per person (private enterprises), and the lowest is 100,000 VND per person (private and state-owned enterprises with 100% state capital).

Specifically, for the 2026 Lunar New Year, nearly 120 enterprises (over 24,880 workers) have bonus plans, with an average of 4.5 to 12.5 million VND per person; the highest is 200 million VND per person, and the lowest is 100,000 VND per person, both belonging to private enterprises in the seafood sector.

For employees, Article 104 of the 2019 Labor Code defines bonuses as money, assets, or other forms decided by the employer, based on production results, business performance, and the employee’s work completion. The bonus regulations must be issued by the enterprise and publicly announced in the workplace after consulting with the representative organization of employees at the grassroots level (if any).

Accordingly, the 2026 Lunar New Year bonus is not a mandatory obligation for enterprises. Whether to give bonuses, the bonus amount, and the form of bonuses depend on the enterprise’s operational situation and the employee’s work performance in the year. Enterprises are also not required to give bonuses in cash but can provide assets or other forms, as long as they are clearly and transparently specified in the bonus regulations.