21/11/2024 02:35 PM

While many people with full awareness have voluntarily participated in social insurance (SI) to secure a pension for their old age, there are others who hastily withdraw their SI once, losing their safety net for social welfare.

21/11/2024 10:04 AM

Ensuring social security (SS) is a major policy and mission of the Party and the State of Vietnam, aiming to promote social progress and justice, maintain socio-economic stability, and improve people's living standards. Over the years, the pillars of SS have been given due attention, reflecting the perspective of linking economic development with social progress and fairness.

19/11/2024 04:46 PM

Vice chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Thanh called for a comprehensive overhaul of the draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Health Insurance Law for its expected submission for NA’s approval.

15/11/2024 04:50 PM

Viet Nam Social Security’s Party Committee has recently instructed the heads of its affiliated units, directors of provincial, municipal and district-level social security offices, to focus on implementing a series of measures aimed at improving efficiency and tackling wastefulness within the sector.

14/11/2024 02:25 PM

The Liaison Office for Southern Africa brought together over 70 participants from 17 organizations in 11 countries for a workshop on institutional strategies and innovative approaches for strengthening compliance and improving contribution collection in the region. The event was hosted in Luanda, Angola, 23–25 October 2024, by the National Institute of Social Security (Instituto Nacional de Segurança Social ‒ INSS).

14/11/2024 08:43 AM

Social security is regarded as one of the pillars of Vietnam's social policy system, ensured under a socialist orientation for progress and social equity, thereby reflecting the noble essence of our State. The Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress also emphasizes: 'Focus on improving social welfare, ensuring social security, and striving to meet the basic and essential needs of the people, such as housing, transportation, education, healthcare, and employment...'

14/11/2024 08:39 AM

The International Labour Organization will highlight the critical role of social dialogue and labour protection in fostering an inclusive green transition at the UN Climate Change Conference.

14/11/2024 08:22 AM

According to WHO, Social Health Insurance (SHI) is a form of financing and managing health care based on risk pooling. SHI pools both the health risks of the people on one hand, and the contributions of individuals, households, enterprises, and the government on the other. Thus, it protects people against financial and health burden and is a relatively fair method of financing health care. Desirable though it is, not many least-developed and low-middle-income countries have succeeded in adequately expanding coverage of SHI. Most countries rely primarily on tax-funded finance, which is also relatively fair.