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Important role of health insurance for the children
"Children are the future", therefore, it is essential to prioritize the health and well-being of our children to ensure that they grow up to be healthy, productive, and happy individuals. Accessing health services at an early age is important to future health and life outcomes. Yet, little is currently known on the role of health insurance in facilitating access to care for children.
Stable social insurance is built as social security's pillar
In Vietnam, The system of social and health insurance policies is becoming more and more complete, in line with the socio-economic development. The key role of social and health insurance in the social security system is affirmed. However, the implementation of social and health insurance policies still faces countless difficulties and challenges, efforts should be made to achieve the goal of universal social and health insurance coverage.
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Yamanashi prefecture of Japan prefecture launches first health insurance scheme for Vietnamese workers
On May 24, Yamanashi prefecture's authorities held an online Q&A session about the new insurance policy, with more than 20 companies that employ Vietnamese people in the prefecture attending.
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Employment cooperation between Vietnam and USA
According to ILO, Employment cooperation means Workers’ participation or involvement in decision-making, labour-management cooperation and participative or cooperative practices in an enterprise.
Coordination on labour and vocational education is promoted
According to UNESCO Institute for Statistics, vocational education is education that is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships).
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Social security for informal sector is expanded
Occupation shortage is disparity between supply and demand in the labor market. Before Covid-19 pandemic, many high-income countries faced increased vacancy rates and labour shortages, which persisted into 2023. This analysis examines the dynamics underlying labour market fluctuations in advanced economies, such as cyclical movements, structural shifts and pandemic-induced trends.
Vietnam always prioritizes policies on ensuring social security rights for the disabled
The ILO defines persons with disabilities at work as "indi - viduals whose prospects of securing, returning to, retaining and advancing in suitable employ - ment are substantially reduced as a result of a duly recognized physical, sensory, intellectual or mental impairment"
Social assistance for vulnerable groups
Social protection has become a key element in national strategies for human development, political stability, and inclusive growth to protect most vulnerable people from shocks and stress in the course of their lives. Many countries have by now achieved significant progress in expanding access to social protection. Nevertheless, 55% of the world’s population is still deprived of the benefits associated with social protection.
Sickness
Work Injury and Occupational Disease
Survivor’s
Old-age
Maternity
Unemployment
Medical (Health Insurance)
Certificate of coverage
VSS - ISSA Guidelines on Social Security