13/11/2018 04:38 PM

According to a report from the Viet Nam Social Security (VSS), as of October 31, 2018, Vietnam had 14.19 million people taking part in compulsory social insurance, 251,000 people with voluntary social insurance and 12.13 million people with unemployment insurance. The number of health insurance card holders reached 82.33 million or 87.62 percent of the population.

13/11/2018 04:30 PM

In recent times, public opinions have focused on the accumulated surplus of the health insurance fund worth up to nearly 39 trillion VND, with concerns growing as to whether the rights and interests of health insurance participants have been limited in order to maintain the fund. Dao Viet Anh, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), has granted an interview to the press to clear up the concerns.

08/11/2018 12:45 PM

The Government of Vietnam has recently issued Decree No.146/2018/ND-CP that elaborates and provides guidance on the enforcement of certain articles of the Law on Health Insurance.

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.

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

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 02:51 PM

The Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 2-4 by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and the Social Security Organisation of Malaysia (SOCSO).