18/12/2018 10:27 AM

The 37th Session of the Council of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) took place in ISSA headquarters in Geneva on December 7, 2018 with the participation of representatives from all 338 member organisations.

14/12/2018 09:45 AM

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has ratified US$100.6 million to support efforts of the Vietnamese Government’s reform to improve health service delivery and the quality of health care providers, especially in poor border areas.

28/11/2018 09:35 AM

“On January 1, 2020 at the latest, Viet Nam Social Security must issue e-health insurance cards for health insurance participants,” according to the Government’s recently-issued Decree 146/2018/ND-CP on the implementation of some articles of the Law on Health Insurance.

28/11/2018 09:18 AM

Health insurance has important security significance as it ensures equality in healthcare services for the public, while showing humanitarian significance through sharing among people with good health and those facing diseases, the rich and the poor, people at working age, children and the elderly.

28/11/2018 09:09 AM

The Government has recently issued Decree No. 149/2018/ND-CP detailing Clause 3, Article 63 of the Labour Code on the implementation of grassroots democracy regulations in workplaces.

28/11/2018 08:57 AM

In November, Viet Nam Social Security (VSS) organised a conference on improving professional ethics of public services and behavioural skills for staff of the Hanoi Social Security Office.

17/11/2018 09:25 AM

The National Assembly on November 9 approved a resolution on the State budget estimate for 2019 with 86.19 percent of deputies voting “yes”. Accordingly, from July 1, 2019, the basic monthly salary will be raised from 1.39 million VND to 1.49 million VND (from 60 to 64 USD) per month.

Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano of Brazil elected as new ISSA Secretary General

ADB helps VN improve quality of health service

VSS works with Korean Health Insurance Assessment Service

VSS works to issue e-cards for all health insurance participants

Many patients paid billions VND from health insurance fund

Enterprises must publicise social, health insurance payment

Hanoi’s Social Security staff trained on professional ethics of public services, behaviour skills

Monthly minimum wage increases to 1.49 million VND from July 2019