19/05/2021 04:27 PM

Telemedicine is a discipline that involves the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to provide remote medical services. Health-care professionals can use it to carry out prevention activities and those related to the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of health-care system users, in particular those who are unable to seek care in person.

19/05/2021 03:19 PM

Users of the Viet Nam Social Security’s digital application VssID can now register for electronic transactions with the social insurance agency on the application.

19/05/2021 02:10 PM

On the occasion of the 131st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and all-level People's Councils 2021-2026 (May 23), Professor, Dr Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, has written an article titled “Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam.”

17/05/2021 10:07 AM

November 13th 2020, passed by National Assembly, Residence Law 2020 is effective from July 1st 2021. This Law amends and supplements content of some related laws, in which Health Insurance Law is included.

15/05/2021 07:30 PM

Amending and supplementing Decree No. 28/2020/ND-CP dated March 1, 2020 of the Government providing penalties for administrative violations in the fields of labor, social insurance, and overseas manpower supply under contract is one of the contents of the Implementation Plan of the Convention No. 98 by International Labor Organization (ILO) on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining recently approved by the Prime Minister (PM).

15/05/2021 06:55 PM

With VssID 1.5.3, users could Register account and scan QR-code of identification card and health insurance card to fill out information with highly accurate degree.

15/05/2021 03:55 PM

May, 2021 marks the second year that “The Month for mobilising, implementing the universal social insurance coverage” has been carried out in line with the Prime Minister’s Decision No 1676/QÐ-TTg which approves the Scheme to comprehensively renovate contents, forms and methods of disseminating social insurance. As the COVID-19 pandemic has been and is exerting negative impacts on the Vietnam social security sector’s efforts to increase the number of voluntary social insurance participants, Vietnam Social Security has been proactive and made all efforts to overcome challenges, and adopted communications methods flexibly and creatively to ensure the “double” goals, expanding the voluntary social insurance coverage whilst strictly abiding by regulations on COVID-19 prevention and fighting.

15/05/2021 03:50 PM

According to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), health insurance cardholders made about 160 million visits to healthcare facilities last year. Of them, dozens of thousands of patients had the health insurance fund cover their costs ranging from VNĐ100 million ($4,300) to VNĐ1 billion ($43,300) each.