30/06/2025 02:33 PM
PM chairs national conference on new rural development, sustainable poverty reduction
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over a national online conference on June 22 to review the national target programs on building new-style rural areas and sustainable poverty reduction.
30/06/2025 02:23 PM
The 2024 Social Insurance Law: Expansion and clarification of Mandatory Social Insurance Subjects
The 2024 Social Insurance Law shall take effect from July 1st 2025, introducing important changes. One of the key updates is the expansion and clarification of the subject to mandatory social insurance (SI) participation.
27/06/2025 03:50 PM
Good practices at provincial levels to boost SI and HI participation
To expand social insurance (SI) and health insurance (HI) coverage and improve service quality, various initiatives have been widely implemented at the provincial level of VSS system.
26/06/2025 04:06 PM
Trà Vinh advances vocational training for rural labourers
Trà Vinh Province is stepping up vocational training for rural labourers to improve the quality of the workforce, promote agricultural restructuring, and build sustainable new rural areas.
25/06/2025 04:45 PM
Improving Inspection to Support Contribution Collection Effectiveness
Under the drastic and unified leadership across the entire system, VSS continuously innovated, fostered information technology application in inspection and examination work. Therefore, contribution collection achieved outstanding results, the rate of late payments for social, health and unemployment insurance gradually decreased from 3.67% in 2021 to 2.59% in 2024.
25/06/2025 03:27 PM
Ensuring social security for Vietnamese Workers at Foreign Agencies and Organizations
Hanoi - The Service Department for Diplomatic Corps under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Social Security office Region I coordinated to organize a seminar last week on “Social Security Policy for Vietnamese Workers at Foreign Agencies and Organizations”.
25/06/2025 08:29 AM
[Infographic]: Utilization of Digital e-HI Cards in Healthcare Services
Electronic health insurance (HI) cards are currently being used by participants for medical check-ups and treatment.
24/06/2025 04:25 PM
Global overview of social security reforms 2023–2025
Despite their diversity, countries in all world regions face many common social security challenges. These include addressing demographic shifts and related populating ageing, closing gaps in coverage, ensuring protection across the life course and adapting to evolving labour markets. Many governments have sought to address these challenges through a wide range of legal reforms enriching countries’ regulatory frameworks, while others have focused on optimizing the administration and management of existing programmes. This article focuses on countries carrying out statutory social security reforms in the period between 2023 and 2025.
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