09/10/2024 09:11 AM

For women, and particularly older women, access to social protection can mean the difference between a dignified life and a struggle for survival. Yet, as they reach their mid-30s, many face challenges in sustaining both their employment and health, experts have said. This has highlighted the need to be a policy to ensure the social welfare rights of middle-aged female workers.

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.

18/09/2024 08:25 AM

Following a pilot programme in Ha Nam Province on November 21, Ha Noi launched its pilot programme with two groups of interconnected public services on November 22. These are ‘Birth registration – Residence registration – Health Insurance Card granting for children under six years old’; and ‘Death registration – Withdrawal of residence registration – Reimbursement of burial expenses’.

09/09/2024 03:33 PM

The Australian Government will permit up to 1,000 Vietnamese workers to be employed in its agricultural sector at any given time, as part of the labor mobility program between the two countries.

04/09/2024 09:40 AM

Enters 2024, the economy is gradually recovering, with GDP growth, each quarter higher than the previous quarter. The positive signals of our country's economy make our entire Party, people and army enthusiastic in implementing the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress. However, maintaining economic growth must be associated with ensuring social security.

26/08/2024 09:50 AM

Germany is one of Việt Nam 's traditional and strategic partners in the field of vocational education. In recent time, Germany supports Vietnam to build health centers and facilities, cvocational training and social welfare;...Việt Nam wishes to further strengthen cooperation with Germany in vocational education and sending Vietnamese workers to the European country to work in the context of Germany's recent revision of its foreign worker reception policy.

23/08/2024 04:48 PM

The Artificial Intelligence revolution will only widen the gap between high and low-income countries unless cooperative international action is taken, a new report from the ILO and the UN Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology warns. along with, the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in social security, and the factors that can help social security institutions harness AI.

21/08/2024 08:38 AM

The implementation of the health insurance policy for the 2009-24 period has gained many achievements, with the goal of universal health insurance likely to be reached. Recently, The Ministry of Health (MoH) has responded to voter concerns regarding the limited availability of cancer treatment drugs covered by health insurance in public hospitals, medications that were once included but are now excluded.