Gov't approves Viet Nam-South Korea social insurance agreement . Viet Nam revises Social Insurance Law. This is the first bilateral agreement between Viet Nam and South Korea in this field, and also the first bilateral agreement on social insurance between Viet Nam and another country. The agreement targets to avoid double social insurance contributions paid by Vietnamese and Korean citizens working in each other's country. The agreement, scheduled to take effect from January 1 next year, will help facilitate information sharing between the two countries's law inforcement agencies and strengthen labor management in a more convenient and effective manner. There are currently 250,000 Vietnamese people living and working in South Korea and about 200,000 Koreans living and working in Viet Nam.
Citizen protection affairs during the past time have achieved positive results thanks to the efforts of Vietnamese authorities abroad on the one hand and the close coordination with relevant authorities in the host country on the other hand. Most countries where Vietnamese workers live and work create the most favorable conditions for citizen protection. Some countries with a big number of migrants or citizens working abroad similar to Vietnam have created flexible and effective mechanisms, such as the establishment of specialized agencies. 
In Vietnam, when citizen protection is needed, many operational measures have been actively implemented by representative agencies, effectively affording protection to citizens. For example, they regularly discuss with the competent authorities of the host country to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese citizens to live, study and do business legally; promptly protect citizens when being arrested or detained for violating the laws of the host country;  lend migrants in difficulty a helping hand; mobilize Vietnamese associations to actively support citizen protection affairs; appoint officials to attend court hearings to protect employees’ rights and request employers and insurance companies to compensate workers when having occupational accidents, provide