22/04/2019 08:59 AM

Deputy Minister and Director General of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Nguyen Thi Minh said VSS stores data of more than 90 million people during a recent working session with experts from the World Bank (WB).

22/04/2019 08:53 AM

A new report on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), published ahead of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, reviews the ILO’s 100 years of achievements, and reveals some of the emerging challenges and opportunities in creating better working environments.

22/04/2019 08:41 AM

Viet Nam’s exports to Japan and Canada in the first two months of 2019 witnessed respective year-on-year increases of 11.2% and 36.7%, according to the Viet Nam Customs.

22/04/2019 08:34 AM

The Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have jointly released the latest Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) Report which measures improvements of local-level business environment in 2018.

18/04/2019 01:10 PM

Organisations and companies could reduce occupational diseases by implementing engineering control through specific methods built into plant design, equipment and processes. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said engineering control was more effective than administrative control (or work practice control) and the use of personal protective equipment.

18/04/2019 11:25 AM

World Bank Vice President for Infrustructure Makhtar Diop said the international institution is willing to help Vietnamese education establishments to train human resources for e-government development, particularly artificial intelligence.

18/04/2019 11:17 AM

After more than 3 months of implementing the compulsory social insurance (SI) scheme for foreign employees working in Viet Nam, there have been some initial achievements. Not only in accordance with international practices, but in the context of widespread economic integration nowadays, compulsory SI for foreign workers also contributes to creating a favorable business environment and attracting high quality labor force to Viet Nam.

18/04/2019 11:13 AM

Voluntary social insurance is a pre-eminent form of social insurance that helps self-employees, rural people… to deal with difficulties and risks which may derive from old age. As voluntary social insurance’s members, the workers could show their activeness and initiative on self-safety, contribute to community sharing and social development.