27/02/2023 04:15 PM
Solutions needed to reduce late payment of social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance premiums in 2023
General Director of Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Nguyen The Manh has signed Official Letter No 479/BHXH-TST, asking units and local social security agencies to implement measures to reduce late payment of social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance premiums in 2023.
18/02/2023 10:55 AM
Updated guidance on support for unemployed workers whose working hours are reduced
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has just issued Decision 6696/QD-TLD promulgating the regulation on the implementation of policies to support trade union members and employees whose working hours are reduced or their labor contracts terminated by enterprises suffering from the number of orders being cut down.
03/02/2023 10:43 AM
More than VND 51 trillion paid for social and unemployment insurance beneficiaries in Jan 2023
Up to Jan 30th 2023, Viet Nam Social Security (VSS) funded more than VND 51 trillion for social security offices in 63 provinces and cities nationwide to pay social and unemployment insurance benefits for participants. Of the funding, social security offices in the provinces and cities cooperated with provincial post offices to pay more than VND 30 trillion as pension and social insurance benefits in January and February for nearly 3.3 million beneficiaries.
30/01/2023 08:29 AM
New guidelines for financial support targeting employees suffering from job loss, reduced working hours
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour has promulgated Decision No 6696/QĐ-TLĐ regulating the implementation of support policies for workers who lose their jobs or have their working time reduced or have their labour contracts terminated as their employers suffer from a reduction in orders.
01/01/2023 12:30 AM
The direction for paying social security policies without cash
On 23rd December 2022, the Ministry of Labour – Invalid and Social Welfair (MOLISA) issued the Official Letter No. 5234/LDTBXH-TTTT on guiding non-cash payments to beneficiaries of social security policies.
26/12/2022 09:45 AM
Four activities to expand voluntary social insurance coverage be deployed
On 26 December 2022, representatives from Viet Nam Social Security (VSS)’s Departments had an online meeting with Ms. Himanshi Jain – Social Protection Specialist of the World Bank (WB) on Support program to expand coverage and operational efficiency of voluntary social insurance (SI) in Viet Nam.
31/10/2022 11:55 PM
Social insurance sector pays over VND47.2 trillion from social insurance and health insurance funds for labourers and businesses
The Vietnam social insurance industry has strived to overcome difficulties amid the context of COVID-19 to fulfil set targets and tasks and closely followed the real situation to implement flexible measures in a timely manner to support employers and employees, contributing to helping enterprises to restore production and stabilising workers; lives, as well as ensure benefits of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance participants.
24/08/2022 02:24 PM
Continue to support employees using the unemployment insurance fund
The National Assembly Standing Committee allows using about 1,155 billion VND from the balance of the unemployment insurance fund to continue supporting workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sickness
Work Injury and Occupational Disease
Survivor’s
Old-age
Maternity
Unemployment
Medical (Health Insurance)
Certificate of coverage
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