24/07/2018 09:12 AM

The results of a pilot survey to evaluate medical checkup quality in Vietnam showed that the average patient satisfaction index (PSI) in the country was at 3.98/5, or 79.5 percent of the patients’ expectation.

23/07/2018 05:33 PM

During 43 years since the country’s reunification, Hanoi has always fulfilled the targets of economic growth along with ensuring social welfare, thus deserving to be the country’s political, economical, cultural and social centre and be worthy of the “city of peace” recognition.

23/07/2018 05:25 PM

The adjustment of pension calculation according to the 2014 Law on Social Insurance aims to ensure the principle of payment and enjoyment and the sustainability of the social insurance fund. However, this regulation has caused some disadvantages for female employees retiring from 2018. Therefore, the National Assembly has assigned the Government to compensate part of the pensions for female workers who retire from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2021.

23/07/2018 05:19 PM

The Politburo has submitted the social insurance policy reform project to the seventh plenary session of the 12th-tenure Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee for discussion including the reform of retirement benefit.

19/07/2018 05:05 PM

According to the General Statistics Office (Ministry of Planning and Investment), there are great numbers of labourers in the informal sector, including those working in agriculture and rural areas, free labourers, and labourers in household economy and small production and trading activities. They have significantly contributed to national food security, and the production of goods for domestic consumption and export, while generating jobs for other labourers. They have contributed about 30 percent of the national GDP.

14/06/2018 09:48 AM

Vietnamese labourers working abroad still have to pay high expenses and face numerous risks, heard a conference announcing the 2018 Code of Conduct and monitoring tools of the Vietnam Association of Manpower Supply (VAMAS) on April 24 in Hanoi.

08/06/2018 02:01 PM

Vietnamese labourers who want to work abroad have to pay higher fees than their counterparts from other countries, said Chang-Hee Lee, Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Vietnam.

06/06/2018 02:43 PM

During the eighth session of the National Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs in Hanoi on April 23 morning, congressmen discussed and questioned social insurance policy, the use and management of social insurance fund for 2017. They mentioned the adjustment of pension for female workers that took effect on January 1, 2018 in accordance with the Social Insurance Law 2014, under which nearly 3,000 female workers have their pension lowered, down 6-10 percent compared to social insurance payees that retired in 2017. The issue has been of public concern over the past time.