The policy on compulsory social insurance for foreign workers was introduced in Vietnam for the first time in October last year under Government Decree 143 of 2018. Dinh Huy Hung, Deputy Director of the Premium Collection Department under the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), talks with the Doi Song & Phap Luat newspaper about initial results of the new policy.

The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting wrapped up on September 19, after two days of working, in Nha Trang city, in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Since the beginning of 2017, 5,000 administrative procedures and 24 conditional business lines have been trimmed, with another 3,000 business conditions on the chopping block, the Vietnamese Government said recently.

approving the bond market development roadmap during 2017-2020, with a vision toward 2030

Tran Thi Thanh Ha, deputy director of the Center for Industrial Relations Development under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, tells Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) that her department will help grassroots Trade Unions sue employers that don’t pay workers’ social insurance, health insurance and unemployment benefits on time.

Rising social insurance debt owed by businesses is a headache for social security authorities and trade unions which largely blame on employers’ disregard of law and their misappropriation of social insurance premiums paid by employees. This article adds another view holding that high social insurance payment rate is also a cause of the problem.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs is set to include the proposal to raise the retirement age in the revised Labor Code, which is slated for submission to the National Assembly next year, amid mixed public reaction.

Effective from July 1, 2016, Decree No. 73 makes amendments and improvements to the nearly 10-year-old rules on insurance business conditions.

Detailing a number of articles of the Law on Social Insurance regarding voluntary social insurance

From January 4 thru 10, seven legal documents were issued.