10/08/2018 09:54 AM

The social insurance sector has reduced its administrative procedures to 33 from 115. The reduction has cut the amount of related documents by 56 percent and steps by 78 percent. The move aimed to reduce time and costs for enterprises engaging in administrative procedures for social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance, among others.

27/07/2018 10:50 PM

Medical checkup fees will decrease by 15-20 percent as from July 15 when a circular issued by the Ministry of Health regulating uniform prices for medical checkup and treatment services for insurance card holders in hospitals across the country takes effect.

23/07/2018 05:25 PM

The adjustment of pension calculation according to the 2014 Law on Social Insurance aims to ensure the principle of payment and enjoyment and the sustainability of the social insurance fund. However, this regulation has caused some disadvantages for female employees retiring from 2018. Therefore, the National Assembly has assigned the Government to compensate part of the pensions for female workers who retire from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2021.

24/07/2018 09:12 AM

The results of a pilot survey to evaluate medical checkup quality in Vietnam showed that the average patient satisfaction index (PSI) in the country was at 3.98/5, or 79.5 percent of the patients’ expectation.

04/05/2018 05:25 PM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that ASEAN needs to continue maintaining its central role in the region on the basis of promoting collective self-resilience and upholding solidarity, unity and leading role in fostering regional economic integration.

23/07/2018 05:33 PM

During 43 years since the country’s reunification, Hanoi has always fulfilled the targets of economic growth along with ensuring social welfare, thus deserving to be the country’s political, economical, cultural and social centre and be worthy of the “city of peace” recognition.

23/07/2018 05:19 PM

The Politburo has submitted the social insurance policy reform project to the seventh plenary session of the 12th-tenure Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee for discussion including the reform of retirement benefit.

24/07/2018 12:10 PM

If a person has retired but still works, does he/she need to continue making social insurance contributions? If a person is working in two companies at the same time and pays social insurance premium in a company, how are his/her social insurance benefits in the other company calculated? Are irregular bonuses included in the amount of income to calculate social insurance premiums? Those are some questions sent to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) for answer.