25/07/2024 08:15 AM

The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) on July 15 released its Business Confidence Index (BCI) report for the second quarter of 2024, which reveals a marginal decline from 52.8 in Q1 to 51.3 in Q2, underscoring the necessity for ongoing policy adjustments to maintain momentum.

25/07/2024 06:35 AM

Ensuring people’s safety, health is the Government's foremost task. Since being approved by the 14th National Assembly in April 2021, the Government has experienced an unprecedented year full of challenges, 36 years on from the beginning of Đổi mới (Renewal). However, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV), and with reasonable decisions and policies adopted in different periods, the Government has firmly sailed through the tough year, recovering economic activities and ensuring social welfare.

22/07/2024 09:14 AM

Educate people about social security and developing vocational skills for young people has always received attention from countries, the United Nations and international agencies and organisations. The active participation of young people helped society develop to ensure inclusiveness, stability and sustainability.

22/07/2024 09:09 AM

Health insurance is emerging as an important financing tool in meeting the health care needs of the poor. Community based health insurance, rather than market mediated or government provided insurance is an appropriate way of reaching the poor. The development of private health insurance has potential risks and benefits in terms of health care access for the poor and regulatory changes can be used to maximise gains. However, even the private health insurance market lacks development due to the want of regulatory decisions on the supply of health services and the demand for health insurance.

22/07/2024 09:08 AM

The Vietnamese Party and State have issued various policies and guidelines to offer concrete, practical, and effective support to war invalids, sick soldiers, relatives of martyrs, and others who rendered service to the revolution, considering this a key and regular political task. As of now, 99% of the families of revolution contributors have living standards equal to or above the local average.

22/07/2024 09:06 AM

The relations between Việt Nam and the RoK thirty years after the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties in 1992 is about so much more than enjoying each other's iconic dishes. The two countries, in fact, have taken great strides in all spheres, especially in economic, social, and cultural aspects.

22/07/2024 09:06 AM

Unemployment protection, as introduced in the ILO Employment Promotion and Protection Against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168), is a combination of income security measures (under the form of contributory or social assistance schemes) aimed at guaranteeing a certain standard of living for workers until they can return to work and policies to help unemployed workers increase their employability and search for new jobs.

22/07/2024 08:38 AM

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) keeps the growth outlook for Việt Nam in 2024 and 2025 unchanged at 6 percent and 6.2 percent respectively, on the back of a strong first-half performance.