06/10/2023 08:05 AM
Viet Nam pledges to strengthen int'l cooperation in drug prevention and control
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control, led the Vietnamese delegation to the 14th Ministerial Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Drug Control in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, taking place in Beijing (China) on September 6.
05/10/2023 08:45 AM
Car inspection crisis: a need to tighten state management without obstructing business operation
It has never been so difficult and time-consuming to get cars inspected as it is today. Over the past few months, many transport and travel businesses as well as private car owners have been struggling to have their vehicles inspected despite having queued up for weeks.
04/10/2023 10:05 AM
Prime Minister highlights four priorities for digital transformation
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted four main priorities for national digital transformation while addressing an event on Tuesday to mark the National Digital Transformation Day.
04/10/2023 08:31 AM
Việt Nam's economic growth to slow to 4.7% this year: World Bank
Việt Nam’s real economic growth is expected to slow to 4.7 per cent this year, according to Việt Nam’s Macro and Poverty Outlook released by the World Bank on October 2.
03/10/2023 01:50 PM
Labor export exceeds 2023 target
Viet Nam sent 111,507 workers aboard under labor contracts over the last 9 months of 2023, surpassing the year’s plan by 1.37 percent and up 8 percent against the same period last year.
03/10/2023 09:22 AM
Việt Nam expects to welcome 12.5-13 million foreign visitors this year, higher than initial target
The ministry will propose the Government change the international tourist target from eight million to 12.5-13 million for 2023.
02/10/2023 04:40 PM
Major amendments to regulations on foreign workers working in Viet Nam
The Government has enacted Decree No. 70/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP regulating foreign workers working in Viet Nam.
02/10/2023 03:00 PM
Recent developments in social pensions in Latin America
Non-contributory pensions, also known as social pensions, are an important component of rights-based universal social protection systems. They allow extending pension coverage relatively rapidly to elderly persons who are not covered by contributory schemes. Usually financed by general revenues and providing relatively modest benefits, eligibility for social pensions is often conditional on low income or certain other criteria.
Sickness
Work Injury and Occupational Disease
Survivor’s
Old-age
Maternity
Unemployment
Medical (Health Insurance)
Certificate of coverage
VSS - ISSA Guidelines on Social Security