03/02/2018 12:48 PM

Like many countries, in Vietnam, the rights to work and have a rest are highlighted and protected in the Constitution and legal regulations on labour which stipulate that workers have the right to go to work and be free to choose jobs, undertake vocational training to improve skills and protected from discrimination.

03/02/2018 12:21 PM

Protecting the health of pupils and students is an important task for the Party, State, each family and society. In 1994, only two years after the health insurance policy was issued, health insurance for pupils and students was implemented across the nation.

03/02/2018 11:57 AM

Enterprises that fail to make insurance payments for their employees will be punished as Article 216 of the 2015 Penal Code will take effect from January 1, 2018.

03/02/2018 11:50 AM

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs partnered with the General Statistics Office to release a report on Vietnam’s labour market in the third quarter of 2017 at a workshop on December 26.

09/01/2018 05:03 PM

According to the 2014 Law on Social Insurance, four new regulations on social insurance will take effect from January 1, 2018.

09/01/2018 05:00 PM

The universal health coverage forum 2017 was held in Japan’s capital city of Tokyo on December 12-15 by the Government of Japan, the World Bank (WB), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UHC2030 initiative organisation and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), discussing measures to enhance global health coverage.

05/01/2018 02:22 PM

Politburo member Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue hailed robust achievements made by the Vietnam Social Securities (VSS) in 2017 at a meeting with the VSS on January 4, 2018

05/01/2018 07:55 AM

Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has affirmed that it has not instructed social security agencies in cities and provinces to stop providing medical checkups and treatment covered by health insurance in private hospitals.