Hire Vietnamese developers: a verified shortlist in 5 working days
Hirenam is an IT recruitment agency in Vietnam that uses AI to analyze and rank candidates while people make the final call. The fee is 12% of first-year gross salary instead of the 15–25% common in the market, and you pay only when your hire starts work. The first shortlist arrives within 5 working days, with a 90-day warranty.
Send a job description, get an evidence-backed shortlist
Teams in the US, Europe, Australia, Japan or Singapore send a JD (job description). We deliver a shortlist within 5 working days of agreeing the brief, every candidate with an evidence-backed report.
Add a niche candidate channel to your agency
We source IT candidates where the big job boards rarely reach, screen them with AI and hand you the shortlist. Terms by agreement.
Cost of hiring Vietnamese developers vs US, UK, Singapore
Senior pay 55–72% below the US (estimate), with a 12% agency fee
A senior developer in Vietnam earns an estimated $2,800–4,500 per month in base salary when paid by a foreign company, 55–72% below the roughly $10,030 for a senior developer in the US. These are estimates of base salary, excluding insurance and other costs.
Two savings add up: a lower base salary for a senior developer in Vietnam, and a recruitment fee below the common 15–25% of first-year salary.
| Market | Base pay / month | Versus US |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam (senior, paid by foreign companies) | $2,800–4,500 | 55–72% lower |
| United States (senior) | ~$10,030 | |
| United Kingdom (senior) | ~$6,500 | |
| Singapore (senior) | ~$6,200 |
- Vietnam (senior, paid by foreign companies)$2,800–4,500
- United States (senior)~$10,030
- United Kingdom (senior)~$6,500
- Singapore (senior)~$6,200
Estimated from public salary surveys, 2025–2026; base salary per month, excluding insurance and other costs. Updated Oct 2026.
Hirenam charges 12% of the candidate's first-year gross salary with no upfront fee. The common range in the Vietnamese IT recruitment market is 15–25%. You pay only when your hire starts work.
Our 5-step Vietnam IT recruitment process
5 steps, dropping the 2 slowest of the traditional process
A traditional agency process runs about 8 steps, and the whole process takes 4–8 weeks for a mid-level role and 8–16 weeks for a senior one. The Hirenam process has 5 steps, drops the 2 slowest, and delivers the first shortlist within 5 working days of agreeing the brief.
- 01
A 30-minute call to agree the brief
The role and the non-negotiable requirements. We ask follow-up questions until the brief is clear, then start sourcing.
- 02
AI finds and scores candidates on our own channels
Each profile gets a 0–100 capability score and goes through 3 layers of CV verification.
- 03
Screening interview: AI asks first, a person checks
This round includes an English assessment.
- 04
Shortlist delivered with an evidence-backed report
You read the evidence for each candidate instead of a pile of CVs.
- 05
One interview round, an offer, then a 90-day warranty
The warranty runs from the first working day: if the hire leaves within 90 days we find a replacement at no extra charge.
4–8 weeks (mid) · 8–16 weeks (senior)
- Manual phone screening
- Clients reading CVs themselves
For the first shortlist alone: 5 working days from agreeing the brief.
AI screening for IT candidates
AI reads every CV closely, and every conclusion carries its evidence
Hirenam's AI screening applies 3 layers of CV verification, extracts about 40 fields from each CV and gives a 0–100 capability score. Every candidate comes with an annotated CV and an evidence-backed report that marks which claims are verified and which lack evidence, each tied to the exact line in the original CV.
That is the difference between “the AI says so” and “here is where the AI saw it”.
Senior backend developer at a fintech product company. B.Eng. in Computer Science. Proficient in Go, PostgreSQL and Kubernetes. Designed the platform that carried peak load for a national e-commerce event. Led the split of the payments service out of the legacy system.
Employment dates cross-check as consistent, with no overlaps or unexplained gaps.
Kubernetes is a single passing mention, not seen in any concrete project.
No evidence found for the peak-load platform claim. Flagged for human review.
3 layers of CV verification
- Cross-checking employment dates
- Detecting rewritten history
- Scanning for content meant to fool AI
candidates auto-rejected by AI
The AI ranks and flags for a person to review. A person makes the final decision on every profile. We don't use candidate CVs to train AI models.
Hiring Vietnamese developers: common concerns
Three things to know before you hire
English is assessed before you meet them
The screening interview includes an English assessment, so you know how well a candidate communicates before you meet them.
UTC+7 time zone: working hours overlap Singapore, Japan, Australia
Vietnam is on UTC+7. Singapore is 1 hour apart, Japan 2 hours and eastern Australia 3–4 hours, so most working hours overlap. The Vietnamese afternoon is the European morning. With the US the gap is large: teams coordinate through start-of-day or end-of-day meetings and asynchronous work.
A 90-day warranty if the hire leaves
The warranty runs from the first working day. If the hire leaves within 90 days, you get a replacement at no extra charge.
Candidate care
We stay on top of candidates, so you do not have to chase them
We message candidates, book and remind them of interviews, and report the result of every round. We stay with them until it is done, so you do not have to chase anyone.
We message candidates throughout the process.
We book the interview slot and remind candidates of it.
We report the outcome to the candidate after every round, either way.
We stay with candidates until it is done.
Our own IT candidate channels
We look where the big job boards rarely reach
Five channels of our own, each one a place where candidates are hard to find just by posting on a big job board.
AI/ML and data engineers
Da Nang and other second-tier cities.
BrSEs and Japanese-speaking developers
A BrSE is a bridge system engineer.
Technical communities
Technical forums, GitHub, meetups.
Embedded and semiconductor
Embedded and semiconductor engineers, a group the big job boards rarely reach.
Vietnamese returning home, and women developers returning to work
Vietnamese professionals returning home, and women developers returning to work.
Partner with us — for IT recruitment agencies
Need another IT candidate channel? We hand you the shortlist
If your agency has a role its current channels cannot fill, Hirenam searches its own niche channels and passes back a screened shortlist.
- Shortlists of IT candidates from niche channels: AI/ML and data in second-tier cities, BrSEs, embedded and semiconductor, technical communities.
- Every candidate has passed 3 layers of CV verification, with an annotated CV and an evidence-backed report.
- Partnership terms by agreement.
Send a JD — IT recruitment in Vietnam
Send one JD, get a shortlist in 5 working days
One role is enough, whether you are a company or an agency. For a company, the next step is a 30-minute call to agree the brief. If we are not a good fit you owe nothing, because the fee applies only when your hire starts work.
12% of first-year gross salary · you pay only when your hire starts work · 90-day warranty
Hire Vietnamese developers: frequently asked questions
What is Hirenam?
Hirenam is an IT recruitment agency in Vietnam that uses AI to analyze and rank candidates while people make the final decision. It serves two groups: foreign companies hiring Vietnamese developers, and recruitment agencies that want an extra candidate channel.
How much does it cost to hire a senior developer in Vietnam?
A senior developer in Vietnam earns an estimated $2,800–4,500 per month in base salary when paid by a foreign company, excluding insurance and other costs. On top of salary, Hirenam charges 12% of first-year gross salary, and you pay only when your hire starts work.
How does Vietnam developer pay compare with the US?
The estimated base salary of a senior developer in Vietnam ($2,800–4,500 per month) is 55–72% below the US (about $10,030); the UK is about $6,500 and Singapore about $6,200. These are estimates of base salary.
How long does it take to hire developers in Vietnam?
A traditional agency process takes 4–8 weeks for a mid-level role and 8–16 weeks for a senior one. Hirenam delivers the first shortlist within 5 working days of agreeing the brief. Time to offer then depends on your interview schedule.
What are recruitment agency fees in Vietnam?
The common market range in Vietnam is 15–25% of the candidate's first-year salary. Hirenam charges 12% of first-year gross salary. You pay only when your hire starts work, with no upfront fee and a 90-day warranty.
How is the recruitment fee calculated and charged?
The fee is 12% of the candidate's first-year gross salary. You pay only when your hire starts work: we invoice on the first working day and payment is due within 14 days. There is no upfront fee. For comparison, the common market range in Vietnam is 15–25% of first-year salary.
What does the 90-day warranty mean?
The warranty runs from the first working day. If the hire leaves within 90 days, we find a replacement and charge nothing extra.
When does the 5-working-day clock start?
The first shortlist is delivered within 5 working days of the brief being agreed, that is, after the 30-minute call in the first step.
Does the AI reject candidates on its own?
No. The AI extracts about 40 fields from each CV, gives a 0–100 capability score and flags what needs review, but no candidate is auto-rejected by AI. A person makes the final decision.
Does Hirenam recruit outside IT?
No. Hirenam is an IT recruitment agency and we take IT roles only.
Are candidates' CVs used to train AI?
No. We don't use candidate CVs to train AI models.
How do partner agencies work with Hirenam?
We supply shortlists of IT candidates from our niche channels. Partnership terms are agreed between the two sides. Send an email or fill in the form to talk it through.
Send one JD, read the shortlist, then decide
A 12% fee on first-year gross salary. You pay only when your hire starts work. No upfront fee.