12/02/2023 03:10 PM
‘Tet Nhan ai’ 2023 raises over 1.17 trillion VND to support people in need
Through the ‘Tet Nhan ai’ (Tet of kindness) 2023 programme, the Vietnam Red Cross Society at all levels mobilised over 1.175 trillion VND (49.3 million USD) to support more than 2.6 million people in difficult circumstances.
12/02/2023 02:00 PM
VSS chairs Advisory Council meeting to implement ministerial-level project 2022
On February 9, 2023, Vietnam Social Security (VSS) held a meeting of the Advisory Council to proceed the implementation of the ministerial-level scientific and technological tasks 2022 on the project entitled: Solutions to enhance the quality of health insurance-covered medical examination and treatment services at district-level facilities in the Northwestern region d covered by health insurance. VSS Deputy Director General and Chairman of the Advisory Council, Nguyen Duc Hoa, chaired the meeting.
12/02/2023 08:55 AM
France to raise retirement age from 2023
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that in January 2023 the French Government will raise the official retirement age of workers to 64 from 62 currently. This means French citizens would have to work until the age of 64 to be eligible for a full pension.
11/02/2023 03:14 PM
Minister Dao Ngoc Dung receives Director of ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
On February 20, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung had a cordial meeting with Mrs. Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, Director of the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. At the meeting, the two sides discussed on cooperation in the field of labour, employment, and social security.
11/02/2023 03:13 PM
PM speaks of major tasks to raise labourers’ material, spiritual life
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined main tasks to improve the material and spiritual life of labourers at a meeting on coordination between the Government and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) in Hanoi on February 1.
11/02/2023 02:52 PM
Innovation index: Viet Nam aims for top four ASEAN countries
Viet Nam aims to become one of the four most innovative countries in ASEAN in 2023, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
11/02/2023 11:58 AM
Vietnam Social Security boosts administrative reform in 2023
HA NOI – Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has just issued Plan No. 3870/KH-BHXH on administrative reform in 2023.
11/02/2023 11:55 AM
COVID-19 added as an occupational disease, workers with COVID-19 entitled to social insurance
HA NOI – The Minister of Health on February 9, 2023, issued Circular 02/2023/TT-BYT amending Circular 15/2016/TT-BYT regulating occupational diseases that social insurance covers.
Sickness
Work Injury and Occupational Disease
Survivor’s
Old-age
Maternity
Unemployment
Medical (Health Insurance)
Certificate of coverage
VSS - ISSA Guidelines on Social Security