22/01/2021 12:00 AM

Latest survey undertaken in 2018 finds more than 1.7 million children participating in economic activities across Viet Nam, among whom more than 1 million are engaged in child labour. Viet Nam’s second National Child Labour Survey launched on 18 December identifies an estimated 5.3 per cent of the 5-17 year olds engaged in child labour. This accounts for more than 1 million children. Conducted by the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the General Statistics Office with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the rate of child labour in Viet Nam is approximately 2 percentage points lower than the regional average for Asia and the Pacific.

20/01/2021 03:10 PM

Chile ratified the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 . With the culmination of this process, Chile becomes the third country in South America to take on the challenge of moving forward to become a country free of forced labour.

20/01/2021 09:29 AM

On the occasion of 2021 - the Year of the Ox, on behalf of the Party Committee, leaders of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) industry, Nguyen The Manh, VSS General Director, sends all civil servants, officers and employees of the Vietnam social security industry his best regards and best wishes for the New Year. The VSS portal proudly publishes the full text of this Lunar New Year greeting letter.

20/01/2021 05:25 AM

On January 6, at the headquarter of Vietnam Social Security (VSS), General Director Nguyen The Manh chaired a meeting to collect opinions of the units on electronic archiving and digitization of records and documents of the industry.

20/01/2021 02:10 AM

According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), by mid-2020, about 500 million full-time jobs have been lost and about 2.2 billion workers (of which 111 million are migrant workers) equivalent to 70% of the global workforce have been affected by social distancing measures. To assist in the development and implementation of social security programs for migrant workers, ISSA recommends insurance organizations refer to the ISSA Guidelines on Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension.

20/01/2021 12:30 AM

Vietnam's growth accelerated to 4.5 percent in the last quarter of 2020, resulting in an annual growth rate of 2.9 percent - making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Vietnam News Agency quoted figures of the World Bank (WB).

19/01/2021 06:55 PM

On January 19, in Hanoi, Deputy General Director Tran Dinh Lieu had a meeting with representatives of VSS ‘s units on the implementation of new model health insurance card model-nationwide.

19/01/2021 05:45 PM

On January 19, in Hanoi, Deputy General Director Tran Dinh Lieu had a meeting with representatives of units directly under the Vietnam Social Security on the implementation of the new model health insurance card nationwide.