Minimum living standards for the general population, broken down by urban and rural areas, will be published annually starting in 2026 while from 2028, minimum living standards specifically for workers will also be announced each year.
During the 2020–2025 period, under the goal of “leaving no one behind,” the Party, State and Government of Vietnam have focused on implementing key social welfare policies including social, health and unemployment insurance, as well as social assistance and relief programmes, achieving notable results.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam recently held a joint conference to evaluate the 10 years of implementation of social welfare policies in Vietnam.
Although current social welfare policies have proved to be helpful for labourers in overcoming difficulties posed by COVID-19, experts held that further adjustments are needed to ensure that no disadvantaged persons in society are left behind.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung on October 21 decided to establish 12 teams to inspect the provision of assistance for employers and employees hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control emphasised on April 13 the need to keep regulations in place as there is a high risk that the disease may spread further.
Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong on January 6 joined a programme to present gifts to people in the central province of Nghe An ahead of the traditional 2020 Lunar New Year (Tet).
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam presented gifts to families on social welfare, poor households and victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in the northern province of Bac Ninh on December 29 ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) wants to cooperate with the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), helping the later improve its operation and boost sustainable development.
The northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien has seen strong progress in poverty reduction with more than 3,800 households escaping poverty in 2018.
BP Solar 1 solar power plant in the south central province of Ninh Thuan was inaugurated on January 20, becoming the first Vietnamese constructed project to get connected to the national grid so far.
The People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak held a gathering to extend Christmas greetings to local religious dignitaries on December 13.
Vo Van Phuong, deputy head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, has paid a visit to the Czech Republic for experience exchange in developing social welfare policies.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presented the title Hero of People’s Armed Forces in the period of the resistance war against French colonialism to Hai Hau district in the northern province of Nam Dinh during a ceremony marking the district’s 130th founding anniversary on August 26.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc commended the central province of Ha Tinh for its good growth and high disbursement of public investment capital in the first half of the year, telling it to strive for self-financing.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan visited the Congregation of the Holy Cross Lovers of Thu Thiem in District 2 on February 9 on the occasion of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hailed Pou Yuen Vietnam Co., Ltd., a footwear business in Binh Tan district for the good implementation of social welfare policies for its workers while visiting the company on February 1.
APEC economies will participate in a high-level policy dialogue on human resources development in the digital era in Hanoi on May 14 and 15, as heard at a press conference by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 10.
An NA task force will monitor compensation disbursement and implementation of social welfare policies for fishermen and others affected by the mass fish deaths in central Vietnam last April.
Environmental protection must be the top priority of businesses, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at a reception on July 6 for General Director of Doosan Vina in Vietnam Jung Yeon In.
