04/02/2021 06:35 PM

The Ministry of Health has just issued Official Letter No. 627/BYT-BH dated January 27, 2021 guiding the implementation of a number of provisions in Article 22 of the Law on Health Insurance. In which, from January 1, 2021, participants of health insurance who sign up for improper-level medical care at provincial hospitals nationwide are covered by inpatient treatment costs by the health insurance fund with the same scope of benefits and entitlement level to health insurance as the primary medical care.

04/02/2021 02:00 PM

The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization Viet Nam’s Representative Office sent some recommendations to celebrate Tet safely in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading globally.

02/02/2021 10:50 PM

Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has just issued the Plan No. 196/KH-BHXH to implement the Government's Resolution No. 02/NQ-CP of January 1, 2021 on ongoing implementation of major duties and measures to improve business environment and enhance national competitiveness in 2021. Accordingly, VSS has set out 4 goals and 5 key tasks in order to effectively implement Resolution No. 02.

02/02/2021 05:30 AM

According to Ho Chi Minh City Social Security, in 2020, the number of people participating in compulsory social insurance is 2,385,539 people, reaching 100% of the plan, (down 3.97% compared to 2019); participating in voluntary social insurance of 56,348 people, reaching 100.91% of the plan (an increase of 139.13% compared to 2019); participating in unemployment insurance 2,334,294 people, reaching 100% of the plan (down 3.94% compared to 2019); Participating in health insurance 7,896,071 people, not including the armed forces, reached 100% of the plan (up 4.7% compared to 2019).

01/02/2021 02:35 AM

According to the report of Vietnam Social Security (VSS), in the past 5 years, the social insurance industry has carried out specialized inspection of contribution to social insurance (SI), unemployment insurance (UI) and health insurance (HI) at 35,060 units. Thereby, 664 billion VND of arrears have been collected for the funds of SI, HI & UI, guaranteeing the benefits of hundreds of thousands of employees.

31/01/2021 11:00 PM

The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam and the Danish Ministry of Health held an online workshop on exchanging health insurance experience on January 28.

30/01/2021 11:25 PM

The challenges confronting social security are making it imperative for administrators to identify innovative responses that would ensure programme sustainability, meet evolving risks and demands, and serve the public better, said Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, Secretary General of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) at a recent virtual symposium.

30/01/2021 04:45 PM

The Prime Minister (PM) has just approved the Scheme of "Improving operational capacity and efficiency of unemployment insurance policy implementation units", in which, focusing on the organizational structure and personnel and the financial mechanism of the employment service center system, making sure they are streamlined, professional, efficient and effective for the unemployment insurance policy to truly become a key tool for labor market governance.