31/03/2026 07:25 PM

Vietnam’s economy shows strong macro growth, but businesses and consumers remain cautious, reflecting a two-speed dynamic.

31/03/2026 04:50 PM

Social insurance is a guarantee that replaces or partially compensates for the income of workers when they experience a reduction or loss of income due to illness, maternity, work accidents, occupational diseases, unemployment, retirement, or death, based on contributions to the social insurance fund. In Vietnam, over 31 years of development, the legal system and policies on social insurance have been gradually perfected, becoming more synchronized and more in line with the country's reality and international practices. Social insurance policies, which were initially only applicable to state officials and civil servants, have expanded to include all workers and are now universal, encompassing both mandatory and voluntary insurance for both the formal and informal sectors.

31/03/2026 04:13 PM

Health insurance (HI) is one of the key social security policies with profound humanitarian significance, making an important contribution to ensuring equity in public healthcare and maintaining social stability. In the context of the need to develop a sustainable and inclusive social protection system, strengthening state management capacity and improving the effectiveness of HI policy implementation remain central priorities in advancing universal HI in line with the orientations of the Party and the State.

31/03/2026 10:02 AM

The official launch of 10 fully integrated public services related to social insurance (SI) and health insurance (HI) by Hanoi City on March 16, 2026, is not only a step forward in administrative procedure reform but also a clear demonstration of the central and consistent role of VSS in building and operating a digital service ecosystem for citizens and businesses. This ensures seamless operation in accordance with the Government's directive in Decree No. 118/2025/ND-CP regarding the implementation of administrative procedures under the one-stop mechanism and the national Public Service Portal, which accepts applications regardless of administrative boundaries.

25/03/2026 02:01 PM

As the agency entrusted with operating the National Social Insurance Database, Viet Nam Social Security manages a large-scale data system covering almost all participants and beneficiaries of social insurance and health insurance policies nationwide. By the end of 2025, Viet Nam Social Security system had verified over 100.2 million citizen records, including 99.59% of those participating in and benefiting from social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance. This database is continuously enriched by Viet Nam Social Security with the criteria of "accurate, complete, clean, and live".

24/03/2026 02:15 PM

In Vietnam’s social security system, Social Insurance (SI) plays a foundational role in protecting the rights of workers, particularly female workers – a group that both participates in production and bears the responsibility of motherhood. More than merely a social policy, SI is an important instrument for realizing the goal of gender equality, ensuring that women do not have to choose between their career and their family. Maternity policies and dedicated healthcare benefits for women are the clearest embodiment of the State’s commitment to this goal.

24/03/2026 10:51 AM

On the morning of March 13th, Vietnam Social Security (VSS) organized an online conference on the settlement of health insurance-covered medical service expenses covered by health insurance (HI) for the year 2025. The conference also provided guidance on the implementation of Decision No. 582/QĐ-BYT dated March 9th, 2026, issued by the Ministry of Health, regarding the promulgation of guidance documents for estimating, adjusting estimated expenditures, and determining the amount of HI-covered medical service expenses exceeding the estimated expenditures to be paid by the HI Fund. Mr. Nguyen Duc Hoa, Deputy Director of VSS, attended and chaired the conference.

23/03/2026 09:30 AM

To ensure that average income per capita continues to rise in 2026 and that living standards improve, the Government and local authorities at all levels need to continue effectively implementing social security programmes and policies, improve job quality, and create employment opportunities for workers.