Society
Migrant workers need equitable access to social protection
A workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23 on migrant workers’ access to social welfare services
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
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Feedback collected on compulsory social insurance law
A workshop is underway in Ho Chi Minh City to collect feedback from local authorities, experts and businesses in southern Vietnam on a circular guiding the implementation of the amended Law on compuls
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Revised laws aim for wider insurance coverage
The revised laws on Social Insurance and Health Insurance will ensure fairer and better enforcement of labourers’ rights.
NA debates changes to social insurance
Labourers who are ineligible for retirement pensions because they have
not made compulsory social insurance payments for the required amount of
years may choose to get a one-off lump sum or continue to receive
monthly payments if a Government proposal gets approval from the
National Assembly later this month.
Foreigners with working permit required to join social insurance
Foreigners with working permits or professional licenses granted by
Vietnamese authorised agencies will be required to join Vietnam’s social
insurance, according to the new Law on Social Insurance announced by
the Presidential Office on December 11.
Decree expands reach of social insurance fund
Contract employees and foreigners authorised to work in Vietnam would be
included in the Government's social insurance programme, under a new
draft revision to the Law on Social Insurance, compiled by the Ministry
of of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.
