23/10/2026 03:07 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—OCTOBER 5, 2026—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today announced that Americans will have access to more reliable, accessible, and actionable information about what their health coverage includes and what they are likely to pay before receiving care under new regulations that strengthen federal healthcare price transparency requirements. The actions taken today to create a more transparent healthcare marketplace also ensure employers can make more informed decisions; researchers can better understand healthcare markets; and innovators can build better tools.

23/10/2026 11:35 AM

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has issued a plan to implement Decision No. 1511/QD-TTg dated August 8, 2026, issued by the Prime Minister on implementing the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).

23/10/2026 09:45 AM

Mental health care for older people should not be the responsibility of families or the health sector alone, but should become a priority in human development policies. This is particularly important as Viet Nam is experiencing rapid population ageing.

23/10/2026 09:05 AM

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung emphasized the need to thoroughly address the shortcomings in the mechanism for purchasing medicines and medical equipment. The ultimate goal is to ensure that medical facilities have access to the supply of medicines and medical equipment at reasonable prices, reducing costs for the state budget, the health insurance fund, and especially reducing the financial burden on patients.

23/10/2026 08:15 AM

22/10/2026 04:58 PM

Article 18 of the Government’s Decree No. 188/2025/ND-CP provides detailed regulations on the benefits for individuals who have participated in health insurance (HI) for five consecutive or more. Accordingly, certain cases are recognized as consecutive

22/10/2026 11:15 AM

Continuing the program of the 2nd Session of the 16th National Assembly, on the morning of October 21, under the chairmanship of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and the moderation of Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh, the National Assembly heard a summary Proposal and a Verification Report on the draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to Several Articles of the Law on Social Insurance.

22/10/2026 09:10 AM

Contributing his views on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Social Insurance, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Hong Dien proposed clarifying the criteria for determining who is subject to compulsory social insurance (SI), strengthening risk control in the investment of the SI Fund, and thoroughly evaluating the expansion of the supplementary pension insurance policy.