Vietnam expats will be subject to 8% additional tax starting in 2018

They already do pay, but its only 1.5% and next year it will go up to 8%.

Do u actually get any social insurance in return?

it's different.  Expats currently only pay the 1.5% Health Insurance component of the Social Security tax.  Starting in 2018, they'll have to pay both the 1.5% Health Insurance (HI) component and the 8% Social Insurance (SI) component. 

There has been rumors that the gov't will allow expats to request a refund of their SI contributions, but it's not certain at this point.

Thaiger wrote:

Do u actually get any social insurance in return?

Yeah ........you'll get that.

They'll throw that in along with Freedom of Speech & Democracy.

You wouldn't want to be hanging by your nuts waiting for either. 🤓

Only suckers will pay such a tax.

The Vietnamese (government) are classic at making changes and introducing systems - and always with NO INFRASTRUCTURE.

It is just a tax with NO BENEFIT

Is this tax equality like simple income tax in western countries? Or do they hit you with that also?

Feels like the government are licking the bone on this one

In the UK we get free healthcare and many other things. In Vietnam an expat will get nothing!