08/01/2019 10:25 AM

Up to 97.9 percent of labourers in the informal sector have no social insurance, according to research carried out in November by the Department of Social Assistance under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Aid for Social Protection Programme Foundation Vietnam (AFV).

08/01/2019 09:15 AM

Nguyen Thi Ha, a Hanoi street vendor from Ha Nam province, has never dreamed of receiving a pension when she retires. In fact, Ha and other free labourers like her can enjoy pensions if they join social insurance thanks to a policy introduced 10 years ago. However, Ha has never accessed information on social insurance and pension policies, but just worked and tried to save.

01/01/2019 02:01 PM

Increased regional monthly minimum wage, pilot food safety investigations and recruitment of public servants are among new policies that will take effect since January 2019

01/01/2019 10:17 AM

The Regional Social Security Forum for Europe will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 14 to 16 May 2019, at the invitation of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

29/12/2018 04:40 PM

The highest GDP growth over the recent decade, trade surplus exceeding US$7 billion, foreign investment disbursement hitting US$19 billion and the number of inbound setting record are among highlights of Viet Nam’s economy in 2018.

29/12/2018 04:25 PM

The number of foreign arrivals to Viet Nam set new record of 15.5 million in 2018, according to the General Statistics Office.

29/12/2018 04:20 PM

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc attributed each of the Government’s achievements since 2016 (the beginning of the current Government’s tenure) to the drastic leadership of the Party Central Committee led by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

29/12/2018 03:35 PM

The National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Social Affairs and the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) held a workshop in December 2018 to discuss ways to expand the social insurance coverage of workers in the informal sector.