07/11/2018 12:00 AM

VGP – A total number of 109,611 new firms were established over the recent 10 months of 2018, with the registered capital of VND1,116 trillion, up 4.3% and 9.2% in terms of number and capital against the same period last year, respectively, according to the General Statistics Office.

03/11/2018 10:30 AM

According to the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA), about one quarter of cooperatives registered the participation in compulsory social and health insurance for workers. Additionally, the number of cooperative members joining voluntary social insurance remains limited.

29/10/2018 07:00 AM

On October 11 and 12, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Tran Dinh Lieu chaired a scientific symposium on solutions to implement the Penal Code in dealing with crimes in the fields of social, health and unemployment insurance in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province. The event identified specific legal indications of insurance crimes and discussed contents in need of guidance in the resolution adopted by the Council of Justices of the Supreme People’s Court. It also defined the responsibility of the social insurance sector in undertaking criminal procedures to handle crimes in this field.

24/10/2018 11:31 AM

On October 8, 2018, the Government issued Resolution No.125/NQ-CP on the action programme to implement Resolution No.28-NQ/TW dated May 23, 2018 of the seventh plenary session of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on social insurance policy reform

23/10/2018 07:20 AM

A special highlight in Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW on reforming social insurance policy is synchronous reform to expand social insurance coverage, towards the goal of achieving social insurance coverage for the entire labour forces and population protection, ensure balanced social insurance fund for the long term, adjust the relatively independent pension in relation to the salary of working persons, and change the way of adjusting the pension in the direction of sharing. All such reforms are aimed at sustainable welfare.

22/10/2018 04:55 PM

The Government has officially issued a decree stipulating the details of compulsory social insurance for foreign employees in Việt Nam, which will take effect on December 1 this year.

16/10/2018 10:08 AM

The ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) has set its sights not only on ensuring social security for people of each member country, but more broadly connecting the ASEAN Community. At the 35th ASSA Board Meeting (ASSA 35), held recently in Vietnam, the role of the association in promoting community connections was clearly demonstrated as representatives of 20 ASSA member organisations from 10 Southeast Asian countries, signed the Nha Trang Joint Declaration.

12/10/2018 03:08 PM

The Ministry of Health organised a workshop on October 4 on health technology assessment (HTA) and initial application outcomes in domestic medical policymaking. Deputy Health Minister Pham Le Tuan and Deputy Director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Pham Luong Son attended the event.