07/12/2017 03:51 PM

Deputy Director of the Health Insurance Implementation Department of the Viet Nam Social Security (VSS) Le Van Phuc in Hanoi on November 22 met with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to discuss a project to build and enhance payment methods management and basic health services packages reimbursed by the health insurance fund in Vietnam.

07/12/2017 03:35 PM

The Viet Nam Social Security and the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently held a working session to discuss health cooperation in the coming time.

02/12/2017 01:43 PM

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) hosted the first ever development partnership conference in Hanoi on November 30, drawing the participation of dozens of representatives of foreign donors. The event aims to report and consult foreign donors and partners on the social security sector’s development goals and orientations as well as seek further cooperation possibilities in the coming time.

30/11/2017 12:52 AM

Ninety years ago, the International Social Security Association was created.

30/11/2017 12:49 AM

The Government has started piloting a Children First Software (CFS) application that will provide a database of the vulnerable people in the country in order for them to receive support from their households as opposed to being institutionalised in centers. Minister of Community Development and Social Services Emerine Kabanshi says the Government will next year implement the CFS program and share it with other regional countries in an effort to end institutionalisation of the underprivileged people in communities and children on the streets.

30/11/2017 12:45 AM

Europe’s credibility hinges on national leaders agreeing social legislation that applies across the bloc, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday (17 November) at a summit with leaders from EU countries in Gothenburg, Sweden.

30/11/2017 12:40 AM

Egypt is about to offer all of its citizens health insurance for the first time in the North African country’s history. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail approved on Wednesday a new comprehensive health insurance bill after meeting with the Minister of Health, Ahmed Emad, to review final details of the law.

30/11/2017 12:36 AM

The government needs to spend 3.8 per cent of the GDP on health to meet the goal of universal health coverage (UHC).