Information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs on December 26 said that by the end of December 25, 3,802 businesses (using more than 694,300 workers) in Ho Chi Minh City reported on the salary situation in 2025 and bonus plans for workers during the New Year and Lunar New Year of Binh Ngo 2026.
According to the summary of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs, the highest bonus belongs to enterprises in the electronics - information technology industry; food processing; software development; real estate business... Small-scale manufacturing enterprises and enterprises using simple labor have lower bonuses.
For New Year's Day 2026, the average bonus is about 1.93 million VND/person, an increase of 10.5% compared to the survey results of 2025 (1.75 million VND/person).
For the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026, the average bonus is about 12.02 million VND/person, an increase of 6.8% compared to the At Ty Lunar New Year 2025 (11.26 million VND/person).
Also according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs, the highest Lunar New Year bonus for an individual reached VND 1,841 billion, belonging to a foreign-invested enterprise (FDI), down about 3.1% compared to the highest level of nearly VND 1.9 billion of Tet 2025.
Among the 3,802 businesses that submitted reports on the 2026 Tet bonus plan, 719 businesses (accounting for 18.91%) informed that they faced difficulties in giving Tet bonuses to employees. The reason is that production and business activities in the year are still facing many difficulties, orders have decreased, businesses have to narrow down operations, difficulty recovering debts, paying loan interest... affecting business results for the whole year and the expected bonuses.
However, most businesses are interested, share, and try to implement Tet bonuses for employees according to bonus regulations, collective labor agreements, and labor contracts.
Also according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs, during the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year, 366 businesses did not have a Tet bonus plan.
