25/10/2023 02:31 PM
HCM City seeks to become regional healthcare hub
Promoting HCM City as a medical hub of ASEAN is vital to reduce the number of people travelling abroad for medical care and boost medical tourism.
24/10/2023 09:24 AM
State workers hope for minimum wage reform
Việt Nam is set to implement a new salary regime for the public sector from July 1 next year. The new salary regime, part of a larger plan for comprehensive salary reform, was to have been implemented in 2021, but it was postponed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
23/10/2023 09:05 AM
VAT cuts of 2 per cent to be extended
Total retail sales of consumer goods and services hit VNĐ524.6 trillion ($21.4 billion) in September, up 2.4 per cent month-by-month, indicating a recovery in demand.
22/10/2023 10:10 AM
Support women-owned businesses and gender-responsive businesses to participate in the supply chain and promote the implementation of gender-responsive procurement
On October 12, in Hochiminh City, more than 100 representatives from the enterprises, business associations, ministries, and provincial sectoral departments discussed the solutions to support women-owned businesses to participate in the supply chain as well as to promote gender equality principles in procurement activities.
20/10/2023 09:01 AM
Belt & Road Forum: President Thuong suggests digital economy cooperation pillars
President Vo Van Thuong suggested three pillars for cooperation in digital economy while addressing the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, China, on October 18.
19/10/2023 08:14 AM
Forum discusses healthcare innovations
Domestic and international health experts discussed new ways to bring Việt Nam's healthcare and pharmaceutical industry to new heights based on innovation and creativity at a forum on October 18 in Hà Nội.
18/10/2023 08:19 AM
Central Highlands faces severe shortage of teachers
Statistics from the Education and Training departments of five provinces in the region show that the region lacks more than 6,500 teachers at all educational levels.
17/10/2023 08:00 AM
Platform workers and social security: Recent developments in the Americas
A sizeable portion of the work force in the Americas engages in the platform economy, whether as a main or supplementary source of income. This article presents reforms and developments in the region that already have had, or that may have, an impact on the employment status and social protection of platform workers.
Sickness
Work Injury and Occupational Disease
Survivor’s
Old-age
Maternity
Unemployment
Medical (Health Insurance)
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VSS - ISSA Guidelines on Social Security