29/01/2021 06:27 PM

Vietnam is among top countries and territories that proved the most successful at containing the pandemic, announced a report unveiled on January 27 of the Lowy Institute, an independent think-tank in Australia

28/01/2021 08:10 PM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently issued Directive No 05/CT-Ttg on a number of urgent measures to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 after Viet Nam recorded 83 new community cases in two northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh on January 27 and 28.

28/01/2021 07:35 PM

Viet Nam ranks first in ASEAN in terms of spending on social welfare, according to Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung.

28/01/2021 05:02 PM

Viet Nam has just confirmed 82 new community infection cases of COVID-19, raising the patient tally to 1,635.

25/01/2021 06:40 PM

The 13th National Party Congress opened on Monday morning in Ha Noi with the attendance of 1,578 delegates chosen from nearly 5.2 million Party members nationwide.

22/01/2021 03:44 PM

The Ministry of Health has just issued Circular 30/2020/TT-BYT issued by the Ministry of Health guiding measures to implement a number of articles of Decree 146/2018/ND-CP on health insurance.

22/01/2021 12:00 AM

Latest survey undertaken in 2018 finds more than 1.7 million children participating in economic activities across Viet Nam, among whom more than 1 million are engaged in child labour. Viet Nam’s second National Child Labour Survey launched on 18 December identifies an estimated 5.3 per cent of the 5-17 year olds engaged in child labour. This accounts for more than 1 million children. Conducted by the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the General Statistics Office with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the rate of child labour in Viet Nam is approximately 2 percentage points lower than the regional average for Asia and the Pacific.

20/01/2021 02:10 AM

According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), by mid-2020, about 500 million full-time jobs have been lost and about 2.2 billion workers (of which 111 million are migrant workers) equivalent to 70% of the global workforce have been affected by social distancing measures. To assist in the development and implementation of social security programs for migrant workers, ISSA recommends insurance organizations refer to the ISSA Guidelines on Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension.