04/05/2018 05:25 PM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that ASEAN needs to continue maintaining its central role in the region on the basis of promoting collective self-resilience and upholding solidarity, unity and leading role in fostering regional economic integration.

03/05/2018 04:52 PM

What makes Europe different from many other parts of the world? One answer is social protection: the principle of assisting the most vulnerable in society and guaranteeing a minimum standard of wellbeing – a social safety net.

03/05/2018 10:58 AM

A dialogue seeking ways to address shortcomings in medical check-ups and treatment for health insurance card holders at private health clinics was held on April 12 between the Ministry of Health, the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and the Vietnam Private Hospital Association, under the chair of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

01/05/2018 06:15 PM

According to statistics published by the Vietnam Social Security, as of the end of 2017, the country had over 227,000 people participating in voluntary social insurance. Over the years, persuading labourers, particularly freelancers and those work in informal sectors, to join voluntary social insurance remains a difficult issue for policy implementation agencies. A solution to solve the issue is in urgent need.

30/04/2018 10:05 AM

The Vietnam Social Security teamed up with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the National University Hanoi to hold a scientific seminar on media and communications on social insurance and health insurance, the first of its kind, in Hanoi on April 17. It brought together policy makers, media and press researchers and lecturers, leaders of news agencies and journalists.

24/04/2018 02:00 PM

The digital economy is rapidly changing the way we live, work, and organize our societies. How social security institutions can address this, is at the heart of discussions at the 15th ISSA International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Social Security, in Casablanca (Morocco) 18-20 April.

24/04/2018 01:08 PM

Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Dao Viet Anh chaired a meeting with a delegation from the National Social Security Fund of Laos (NSSF), led by NSSF Deputy General Director Phetsamone Soukthaviphone, in Hanoi on March 27.

24/04/2018 11:02 AM

To improve the quality of services and handle public’s queries regarding social and health insurance, thus winning satisfaction of people and businesses, a delegation of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) led by Deputy Director General Dao Viet Anh made a study tour to the Republic of Korea to learn experience from Korean social security agencies - the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL) and the National Pension Service (NPS) – in the organisation, management and operation of Call Centres.