Vietnam Court Fee Calculator (Án phí)

Court fees in Vietnam under Resolution 326/2016: civil, family, labour, commercial, divorce with property, appeal, advance fee, exemptions.

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Computes the court fee (án phí) and the advance fee (tạm ứng án phí) of a Vietnamese lawsuit under Nghị quyết 326/2016/UBTVQH14, still in force in 2026. Give case_type (civil, family, labour, commercial, administrative, criminal, divorce) and, for a claim with a monetary value, amount (the disputed value in VND). The response shows the bracket used, the formula step by step (e.g. 36,000,000 + 3% × the part above 800 million), the advance fee (50% of the fee, at least the fee for a case without monetary value) and the full bracket table.

Divorce with property: send property_shares (the value each spouse receives) and each party's fee is computed on its own share, with the 50% / 0% rules when the spouses agree before trial or before mediation. instance=appeal gives appeal fees, procedure=simplified halves them, exemption (worker_claims, elderly, poor_household, disabled…) returns the exemption grounds of Điều 12, force_majeure the 50% reduction of Điều 13. Land disputes (land=true) return both approaches courts use (with and without monetary value). fee returns other court fees (consensual divorce, bankruptcy petition, foreign judgment recognition, copies…); fee=list lists them.

Each response cites the resolution and its article and carries a disclaimer: who finally pays depends on the judgment (the losing party bears the fee on the claims rejected).

Use this in your code

curl "https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-court-fee?case_type=civil&amount=1000000000" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch('https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-court-fee?case_type=civil&amount=1000000000', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-court-fee?case_type=civil&amount=1000000000",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    timeout=30,
)
print(res.json())

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-court-fee?case_type=civil&amount=1000000000');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'],
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
print_r(json_decode($response, true));

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FAQ

Is Resolution 326/2016 still in force?

Yes. As of November 2026 no resolution has replaced it; the reorganised regional courts (from 1 July 2025) apply the same fees. We review the table every six months.

How is the advance fee computed?

For a claim with a monetary value: 50% of the fee on the amount claimed, but not less than the fee of a case without monetary value (300,000 VND, or 3,000,000 VND in commercial cases). Appeal advances equal the appeal fee.

Who pays the court fee in the end?

The party whose claim the court rejects pays the fee on that claim. The figure here assumes one party bears the whole disputed value.