14/04/2023 04:45 PM

This study aims to describe the health conditions, health seeking behavior, and access to and membership in PhilHealth and non-PhilHealth insurance among overseas Filipino workers. Using the social determinants paradigm, this study likewise examined the different sociodemographic, workrelated, and personal factors that could influence health- eeking as well as access to insurance. It also investigates the influence of perceived health status, level of knowledge on PhilHealth and attitude toward health and health-seeking on both health-seeking behavior and access to insurance.

14/04/2023 04:10 PM

On April 10, 2023, in Hanoi, the World Bank (WB) and Vietnam Social Security (VSS) jointly organized a workshop to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the voluntary social insurance regime in Vietnam and international experiences.

14/04/2023 02:32 PM

The National Master Plan for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050 was officially made public in Ha Noi on Thursday.

14/04/2023 11:55 AM

Vietnam climbs 12 spots from last year’s position to rank 65th in the World Happiness Report 2023 by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

14/04/2023 10:25 AM

Recently, Quang Nam Province’s Party Committee organised the 11th conference (of the 22th Party Committee) to evaluate, discuss, and give opinions on many contents under the Working Agenda 2023. The conference also reviewed the five-year implementation of the 12th Party Central Committee’s Resolution No 28-NQ/TW dated May 23, 2018 on social security reform. Accordingly, Quang Nam Social Security Office made significant recommendations related to the implementation of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment policy in the locality.

13/04/2023 02:30 PM

More than 1.9 billion people in 136 low and middle-income countries benefit from social safety net programs, yet 55 percent of the world’s poor or 773 million poor people with acute needs still lack coverage. As interest in and the use of social safety nets keep growing, countries struggle to make social safety net interventions more effective and to integrate them better in their overall social protection and labor systems.

13/04/2023 12:19 PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government’s online conference with localities and the Government's monthly meeting in Hanoi on April 3.

13/04/2023 10:50 AM