25/03/2019 10:45 AM

After more than three months of carrying out compulsory social insurance for foreign workers in Vietnam, initial successes have been achieved. Making social insurance compulsory for them is in line with international practices. Amid widespread economic integration, compulsory social insurance for foreign workers in Vietnam also helps create a favourable business environment and attract high-quality human resources to Vietnam, said deputy director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS)’s Department of Contribution Collection Dinh Duy Hung.

22/03/2019 10:10 AM

Simultaneous events were held in Hà Nội, Nghệ An, HCM City, and Hải Phòng on Friday to celebrate the first patients receiving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs covered by social health insurance (SHI).

18/03/2019 04:13 PM

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) reported that the number of participants in health insurance has increased to 83.6 million, or 87.7 percent of the population.

15/03/2019 05:33 PM

The social security sector should step up personnel training so as to promote its international cooperation and integration, especially when cooperation in the field of social security is attracting great attention of many countries, said former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan.

15/03/2019 09:29 AM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just signed off on the Government's overall program on thrift practice and waste combat in 2019.

07/03/2019 03:04 PM

Moderning social, health and voluntary insurance management to provide best services to participants is one of the key tasks set for the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) in 2019 in order to gradually improve its data management and services.

07/03/2019 02:57 PM

Victims of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from wartime will receive support to buy health insurance. This is one of the important contents of Decree 18/2019/ND-CP on the management and implementation of activities settling post-war UXO consequences that was recently issued by the Government and will take effect on March 20, 2019.

06/03/2019 08:43 AM

The implementation of social insurance policies have achieved positive results in recent times. However, there are still some shortcomings that require further reform to ensure all employees are involved in the social insurance system. According to statistics, Vietnam currently has 271,000 out of 34 million workers participating in voluntary social insurance.