Desk 2 · two destinations

Philippines vs Vietnam on a Canadian passport

Verified 2026-08How facts work SourcesNationality is fixed. Cells are filed on each dest tax hub. Overlays are separate pair URLs.

Passport hub: From Canada · home × land: CA × Philippines · CA × Vietnam.

Filed cells

Tax, stay and earn lenses from dest hubs — not invented fees. Purpose framing:

Work · remote · retire — which rows matter

Work — earn gate + tax days. Overlay for treaty short-stay.
Remote — stay instrument + foreign-income rule. Overlay for home traps.
Retire — stay instrument + pension articles on the overlay. Spend-down compare lives on ThonRetire.

Lens	Philippines	Vietnam
Tax-residence day test	180 days Source NIRC §25(A) — aggregate stay of more than 180 days in any calendar year deems a nonresident alien engaged in trade or business Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	183 days Source Luật Thuế TNCN 109/2025/QH15 Điều 2 khoản 2 điểm a; NĐ 253/2026/NĐ-CP Điều 4 khoản 1 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign / worldwide income	yes Source NIRC §23(D) (RA 8424) — an alien individual, whether a resident or not, is taxable only on income from sources within the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Luật 109/2025/QH15 Điều 2 khoản 1; NĐ 253/2026/NĐ-CP Điều 6 khoản 2 điểm a Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Top personal rate	35% Source BIR Form 1700 (Jan 2018 ENCS) TABLE 2 — Tax Rates effective January 1, 2023 and onwards (BIR CDN). Schedule matches RA 10963 (TRAIN) Sec. 24(A)(2)(a) post-2022 rates: 0/15/20/25/30/35 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	35% Source Luật 109/2025/QH15 Điều 9 — bậc 5 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Long-stay instrument (filed)	yes Source PRA SRRV benefits — Multiple entry and indefinite stay (pra.gov.ph/SRRVisa) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Product map — purpose → entry symbol → TRC (if eligible) → work permit/exemption as four separate decisions Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Local earn gate (filed)	yes Source DOLE Department Order No. 248, Series of 2025 — New Rules and Regulations on the Employment of Foreign Nationals in the Philippines (official PDF on dole.gov.ph) — AEP required for foreign nationals in gainful employment unless exempted or excluded Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Bộ luật Lao động 45/2019/QH14 Điều 153 khoản 2 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Treaty (CA)	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — Canada treaty in force (effective 1977-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Canada–Vietnam Income Tax Agreement; treaty-accord.gc.ca id 102424; Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1998 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Employment short-stay	183 days Source Canada–Philippines Convention Art. XV(2) — presence must not exceed 183 days in the calendar year, but the treaty then uses an alternative CAD 2,500 remuneration limb or the employer/PE limb Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	183 days Source Canada–Vietnam Agreement Art 15(2)(a) — present ≤183 days in any twelve-month period (one of conditions) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Relief (double tax)	tax credit (deduction from tax payable) Source Canada–Philippines Convention relief article — each State deducts qualifying tax paid in the other State from its tax payable, within the ordinary credit limitation Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source Canada–Vietnam Income Tax Agreement Art 15 / Art 22; nguon/CA_VN_DTA.md Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Art 4	Cascade permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → nationality → mutual agreement Source Canada–Philippines DTA Art IV(2) (heading: Fiscal Domicile), government-hosted text, read line-by-line 2026-08 — individual dual-residence tie-breaker Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	Cascade permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → nationality → mutual agreement Source Canada–Vietnam Income Tax Agreement Art 4(2) — treaty-accord.gc.ca id 102424 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
SSA / totalization	yes Source CRA — Canada–Philippines social security agreement EIF 1 March 1997 (CPT64) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source CRA — Countries that have an international social security agreement with Canada — Vietnam absent from the published table (as of page update 2024-07-23) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Treaty pensions	—	15% Source Canada–Vietnam DTA Art 18(2) — periodic pension payments (other than social-security legislation) source tax ≤15% of gross Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign-income hinge	yes Source NIRC §23(D) (RA 8424) — an alien individual, whether a resident or not, is taxable only on income from sources within the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Luật 109/2025/QH15 Điều 2 khoản 1; NĐ 253/2026/NĐ-CP Điều 6 khoản 2 điểm a Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Home-side traps	yes Source ca_vn_tax — departure tax, OAS/GIS residency traps reuse across destinations Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source nguon/CA_SIDE_TRAPS.md — CRA emigrant dispositions / ITA s128.1; gates only Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.

Philippines

Through a CA lens

StayVisa and residence EarnWork lawfully TaxWho may tax you there Pair overlayCA → PhilippinesTreaty and home-side traps Home × land deskRead this pair as a desk

Earn doors we publish

TeachingSchools and centres HospitalityHotels and F&B TechLocal hire paths DivingInstructor licences Own a businessEntity and work authority LegalPractice gates

Vietnam

Through a CA lens

StayVisa and residence EarnWork lawfully TaxWho may tax you there Pair overlayCA → VietnamTreaty and home-side traps Home × land deskRead this pair as a desk

Depth: decide · path · 40 fields

Other pairs

Vietnam vs ThailandCA Thailand vs MalaysiaCA Vietnam vs PortugalCA Philippines vs IndonesiaCA Malaysia vs PortugalCA Thailand vs PortugalCA

Philippines vs Vietnam on a Canadian passport

Verified 2026-08How facts workSourcesNationality is fixed. Cells are filed on each dest tax hub. Overlays are separate pair URLs.

Filed cells

Tax, stay and earn lenses from dest hubs — not invented fees. Purpose framing:

Work · remote · retire — which rows matter

Work — earn gate + tax days. Overlay for treaty short-stay.
Remote — stay instrument + foreign-income rule. Overlay for home traps.
Retire — stay instrument + pension articles on the overlay. Spend-down compare lives on ThonRetire.

Lens	Philippines	Vietnam
Tax-residence day test	180 days Source NIRC §25(A) — aggregate stay of more than 180 days in any calendar year deems a nonresident alien engaged in trade or business Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	183 days Source Luật Thuế TNCN 109/2025/QH15 Điều 2 khoản 2 điểm a; NĐ 253/2026/NĐ-CP Điều 4 khoản 1 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign / worldwide income	yes Source NIRC §23(D) (RA 8424) — an alien individual, whether a resident or not, is taxable only on income from sources within the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Luật 109/2025/QH15 Điều 2 khoản 1; NĐ 253/2026/NĐ-CP Điều 6 khoản 2 điểm a Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Top personal rate	35% Source BIR Form 1700 (Jan 2018 ENCS) TABLE 2 — Tax Rates effective January 1, 2023 and onwards (BIR CDN). Schedule matches RA 10963 (TRAIN) Sec. 24(A)(2)(a) post-2022 rates: 0/15/20/25/30/35 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	35% Source Luật 109/2025/QH15 Điều 9 — bậc 5 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Long-stay instrument (filed)	yes Source PRA SRRV benefits — Multiple entry and indefinite stay (pra.gov.ph/SRRVisa) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Product map — purpose → entry symbol → TRC (if eligible) → work permit/exemption as four separate decisions Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Local earn gate (filed)	yes Source DOLE Department Order No. 248, Series of 2025 — New Rules and Regulations on the Employment of Foreign Nationals in the Philippines (official PDF on dole.gov.ph) — AEP required for foreign nationals in gainful employment unless exempted or excluded Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Bộ luật Lao động 45/2019/QH14 Điều 153 khoản 2 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Treaty (CA)	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — Canada treaty in force (effective 1977-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Canada–Vietnam Income Tax Agreement; treaty-accord.gc.ca id 102424; Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1998 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Employment short-stay	183 days Source Canada–Philippines Convention Art. XV(2) — presence must not exceed 183 days in the calendar year, but the treaty then uses an alternative CAD 2,500 remuneration limb or the employer/PE limb Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	183 days Source Canada–Vietnam Agreement Art 15(2)(a) — present ≤183 days in any twelve-month period (one of conditions) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Relief (double tax)	tax credit (deduction from tax payable) Source Canada–Philippines Convention relief article — each State deducts qualifying tax paid in the other State from its tax payable, within the ordinary credit limitation Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source Canada–Vietnam Income Tax Agreement Art 15 / Art 22; nguon/CA_VN_DTA.md Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Art 4	Cascade permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → nationality → mutual agreement Source Canada–Philippines DTA Art IV(2) (heading: Fiscal Domicile), government-hosted text, read line-by-line 2026-08 — individual dual-residence tie-breaker Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	Cascade permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → nationality → mutual agreement Source Canada–Vietnam Income Tax Agreement Art 4(2) — treaty-accord.gc.ca id 102424 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
SSA / totalization	yes Source CRA — Canada–Philippines social security agreement EIF 1 March 1997 (CPT64) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source CRA — Countries that have an international social security agreement with Canada — Vietnam absent from the published table (as of page update 2024-07-23) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Treaty pensions	—	15% Source Canada–Vietnam DTA Art 18(2) — periodic pension payments (other than social-security legislation) source tax ≤15% of gross Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign-income hinge	yes Source NIRC §23(D) (RA 8424) — an alien individual, whether a resident or not, is taxable only on income from sources within the Philippines Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source Luật 109/2025/QH15 Điều 2 khoản 1; NĐ 253/2026/NĐ-CP Điều 6 khoản 2 điểm a Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Home-side traps	yes Source ca_vn_tax — departure tax, OAS/GIS residency traps reuse across destinations Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source nguon/CA_SIDE_TRAPS.md — CRA emigrant dispositions / ITA s128.1; gates only Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.