17/11/2018 09:25 AM

The National Assembly on November 9 approved a resolution on the State budget estimate for 2019 with 86.19 percent of deputies voting “yes”. Accordingly, from July 1, 2019, the basic monthly salary will be raised from 1.39 million VND to 1.49 million VND (from 60 to 64 USD) per month.

15/11/2018 04:33 PM

The Government has issued Decree No. 153/2018/ND-CP to adjust the amount of pension a female employee who retires from 2018 to 2021 and has paid social insurance premiums for 20 to 29 years and six months shall receive.

13/11/2018 04:38 PM

According to a report from the Viet Nam Social Security (VSS), as of October 31, 2018, Vietnam had 14.19 million people taking part in compulsory social insurance, 251,000 people with voluntary social insurance and 12.13 million people with unemployment insurance. The number of health insurance card holders reached 82.33 million or 87.62 percent of the population.

13/11/2018 04:30 PM

In recent times, public opinions have focused on the accumulated surplus of the health insurance fund worth up to nearly 39 trillion VND, with concerns growing as to whether the rights and interests of health insurance participants have been limited in order to maintain the fund. Dao Viet Anh, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), has granted an interview to the press to clear up the concerns.

08/11/2018 12:45 PM

The Government of Vietnam has recently issued Decree No.146/2018/ND-CP that elaborates and provides guidance on the enforcement of certain articles of the Law on Health Insurance.

03/11/2018 10:30 AM

According to the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA), about one quarter of cooperatives registered the participation in compulsory social and health insurance for workers. Additionally, the number of cooperative members joining voluntary social insurance remains limited.

24/10/2018 11:31 AM

On October 8, 2018, the Government issued Resolution No.125/NQ-CP on the action programme to implement Resolution No.28-NQ/TW dated May 23, 2018 of the seventh plenary session of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on social insurance policy reform

22/10/2018 04:55 PM

The Government has officially issued a decree stipulating the details of compulsory social insurance for foreign employees in Việt Nam, which will take effect on December 1 this year.