08/10/2024 01:56 PM

Social pensions are a critical element of the right to social security for older persons whose human rights enjoyment is endangered without an adequate social pension. Older women are especially at risk. They live longer, and the unpaid care work they perform throughout their life obstructs their ability to access formal employment and therefore contributory social security or decent wages. Social and economic policies should correct this imbalance by promoting equality between women and men instead of deepening the gap.

07/10/2024 10:25 AM

The High-Level Forum aims to stimulate dialogue and timely workforce planning in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) among Indonesian key labour actors.

07/10/2024 08:10 AM

A working delegation led by Vietnam Social Security (VSS)’s deputy general director Nguyen Duc Hoa paid a visit to China from August 26 to 30 to exchange experiences and strengthen cooperation in health insurance policy implementation.

06/10/2024 11:17 AM

In the morning of October 3rd, in Hanoi, Nguyen The Manh, Vietnam Social Security’s (VSS) General Director chaired an expanded industry’s leadership meeting. Attending the meeting were Deputy General Directors: Tran Dinh Lieu, Dao Viet Anh, Le Hung Son, Nguyen Đuc Hoa, Chu Manh Sinh, and directors of several departments.

03/10/2024 05:00 PM

A delegation from Viet Nam Social Security recently participated in a training course in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Senior lecturers and experts from South Korea provided insights into the country’s social security landscape.

01/10/2024 04:32 PM

Since the turn of the last century, social protection programmes have continued to grow in every region of the world, and their function in stabilizing the economy and protecting vulnerable groups has been repeatedly demonstrated, including during recent global crises. While their benefits are widely accepted, additional investments are still needed to increase coverage of social protection schemes globally, in particular in lower-income countries.

01/10/2024 03:35 PM

On Jun 13th 2023, VSS sends the official dispatch No.1777/BHXH-CSXH on paying medical review premiums for foreign labor working in Vietnam. Answering the official dispatch, MOLISA sends Document No.4350/BLFTBXH-VBHXH on paying medical review premiums to foreign labor working in Vietnam on September 27th.

01/10/2024 03:15 PM

Kerala, INDIA (ILO News): In September 2024, the domestic workers unions from 12 states of India, affiliated to the National Domestic Workers Federation (and International Domestic Workers Federation), came together in Kerala to discuss and think about setting care cooperatives in the different Indian states.