11/08/2017 11:09 AM

Female workers make up a large proportion of the labour force, particularly in industries such as textiles, trade, footwear, handicrafts and food processing. The law needs specific provisions for female workers to ensure gender equality. Their right to work and right to equality needs to be protected, as does their right to be a labourer and a mother if they so choose.

11/08/2017 11:08 AM

On October 26, 2016, under the chairmanship of Deputy Director General Tran Dinh Lieu and Deputy Director General Pham Luong Son, Vietnam Social Security (VSS) held a conference to provide a periodic report on social insurance and health insurance implementation to news agencies. This activity is carried out to provide accurate, sufficient and timely information for press agencies and the public.

11/08/2017 11:03 AM

In the process of international economic integration regionally and globally, Vietnam has signed and effectuated Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with 11 nations and international organisations, along with preparing for three new-generation FTAs, namely the Europe-Vietnam FTA, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

11/08/2017 11:00 AM

On 29 June 2016, Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and Ministry of Health (MOH) jointly held a Conference on health insurance implementation period of 2016-2020, to launch health care data portal and health insurance assessment information system. H.E Vu Duc Dam, Deputy Prime Minister; H.E Dinh Tien Dung, Minister of Finance and concurrently Chairman of VSS Governing Body attended the conference.

09/08/2017 02:05 PM

While population ageing is a challenge to VietNam, it brings opprtunities for businesses to contribute to the socio-economic development

09/08/2017 01:43 PM

Ha Noi – VietNam aims to curb the annual ratio of infections and fatalities due to dengue below 0.09 percent by 2020 and early detect oral, breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in nearly 20 percent of people.

09/08/2017 01:39 PM

Tokyo – Tsutomu Koizumi, head of Japan’s delegation to the first Senior Officials’ Meetings (SOM1) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum held in Hanoi in February 2017, has highly valued Vietnam’s efforts in hosting the forum’s meetings.

09/08/2017 01:35 PM

According to a report of the Economic Intelligence Unit, Malaysia suffers the greatest economic loss in Southeast Asia due to obesity.