07/03/2019 03:04 PM

Moderning social, health and voluntary insurance management to provide best services to participants is one of the key tasks set for the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) in 2019 in order to gradually improve its data management and services.

07/03/2019 02:57 PM

Victims of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from wartime will receive support to buy health insurance. This is one of the important contents of Decree 18/2019/ND-CP on the management and implementation of activities settling post-war UXO consequences that was recently issued by the Government and will take effect on March 20, 2019.

06/03/2019 08:43 AM

The implementation of social insurance policies have achieved positive results in recent times. However, there are still some shortcomings that require further reform to ensure all employees are involved in the social insurance system. According to statistics, Vietnam currently has 271,000 out of 34 million workers participating in voluntary social insurance.

05/03/2019 04:59 PM

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is drafting a decree to adjust pension, social insurance and monthly allowances. Accordingly, from July 1, 2019, the pensions, social insurance and monthly allowances of eight target groups will increase by 7.19 percent.

04/03/2019 02:24 PM

The new policies include conditions for establishment of foreign-invested vocational training institutions in Viet Nam.

27/02/2019 09:54 AM

Viet Nam has granted e-visa to citizens from 80 countries, according to the Government's current regulations.

26/02/2019 03:57 PM

With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Member States of the United Nations have agreed to work towards universal social protection by 2030. The ISSA has committed to the Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection, and will contribute to this objective by working with its member institutions and international partners.

26/02/2019 03:51 PM

Since its founding in 1919, ILO international labour standards have improved the working lives of millions of people. From eliminating forced and child labour to ensuring the rights of seafarers and promoting gender equality, the 189 Conventions and 205 Recommendations adopted by member States during the last 100 years have formed the bedrock of the ILO and its mandate.