08/04/2024 09:30 AM

a comprehensive social protection system should be designed with multiple layers, performing all four functions of the 4Ps, namely Promotion, Prevention, Provision and Protection. In case, a person falls off the upper layer, he will be supported by the lower layer. Viet Nam's social insurance network has many advantages, in terms of impact and flexibility.

16/04/2024 02:15 PM

In Vietnam, ensuring social protection is always regarded as regular mission of the State and the whole society. Viet Nam has a relatively well-developed, multi-pillar social protection system with social and health insurance, social assistance, and social care services. Social protection as a right of Vietnamese citizens is firmly embedded in the country’s legal fabric, and political will to strengthen its implementation appears to have increased in the past decade.

08/04/2024 10:36 AM

Vietnam is an important partner of the UN including climate change response, energy transition, digital transformation, maintaining food supply chains, promoting education, and ensuring inclusive development, social justice and social security, among others.

02/04/2024 10:05 AM

The world is dealing with multiple, entangled crises caused by systemic risks, including climate change, zoonotic diseases political unrest and conflicts. Income inequality has been on the rise in many countries while unequal social opportunities and access to decent employment, quality education and health care or to productive assets, such as land and credit, continue to persist within and across countries. Creating productive employment and ensure social security for all is a proven pathway to reduce inequality in a sustained manner.

23/05/2023 02:50 PM

Philip Fernandez, a member of the Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS), has highlighted the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 133rd birth anniversary of the late leader (May 19, 1890 – 2023).

11/10/2023 10:25 AM

Together with scientific research, the publication on international scientific journals is being stepped up, becoming a key mission of the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), which is leading the nation in scientific publications, especially on prestigious international journals of two big databases Web of Science (Clarivate) and Scopus (Elsevier).

15/05/2023 10:30 AM

Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, who is Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium, has wrapped up her three-day visit to Vietnam

11/01/2023 09:48 AM

HCM City is taking steps to elevate its healthcare services to become a medical hub of ASEAN by offering a wide range of high-quality health services for locals and foreigners, health experts said.