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The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) held a ceremony in northern Ninh Binh province on October 31 to honour 87 businesses in 20 northern cities and provinces for their outstanding performance in implementing social and health insurance policies in the 2017-2021 period.

Lawmakers discussed the draft Law on Mobile Police via videoconference during the second session of the 15th National Assembly on October 26 morning.

The restructuring and streamlining of administrative apparatus and preparing the budget for the reformed salary project are key to wage reform.

Some 81.3 million people across Vietnam have been covered by health insurance by the end of May, up nearly 21 million people from 2012 or 35.6 percent and representing 81.7 percent of the population.

Reforming social insurance policies is aimed at ensuring social insurance is truly a key pillar in the social security system and to gradually expand its coverage for all people, according to a resolution of the Party Central Committee.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has decided to give a warning as a disciplinary measure against Tran Quoc Cuong, member of the CPV Central Committee and Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee of Dak Lak province.

An increase in social insurance premiums that will accompany new rules that take effect next year will benefit workers, officials claimed.

New regulations of the revised Law on Social Insurance and international experiences in reforming social issuance policy were the focus of a dialogue forum in Hanoi on July 13.