Vietnam Social Security has requested social insurance agencies of provinces, cities, and Vietnam Post Corporation to pay pensions and social insurance allowance in January and February 2023 at once in the payment period in January 2023.
Understanding the challenges that laborers are facing, the local authorities at many provinces are working with labor unions and enterprises to launch various programs to aid workers during the year end and upcoming Tet holiday.
The Government Office yesterday announced the Prime Minister’s direction for the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to identify the reasons of the tardiness in rent support distribution to employees nationwide and apply corresponding solutions to accelerate this task.
The Government has issued a decree to increase the regional minimum wage by 6 percent from the beginning of July, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh informed at a dialogue program with workers on the morning of June 12
Administrations in districts and Thu Duc City are providing housing rental support for workers as per the plan of the People's Committee in Ho Chi Minh City. Many businesses have so far submitted lists of employees who are eligible for rent support.
The Head of the National Assembly Standing Committee's Ombudsman Committee asked the Government and the Prime Minister to pay attention and direct the People's Committees of provinces and cities to strictly handle cases of profiteering through land recovery, compensation, and resettlement, especially the localities where the Eastern North-South Expressway Project in the 2021-2025 period is being carried out.
Today, the Ho Chi Minh City Police said that, in order to facilitate students who will participate in the upcoming junior high and high school graduation examinations, police officers will quickly issue chip-based citizen identification cards and electronic identification for the groups.
The Ministry of Public Security is collaborating with the Transport Ministry, Vietnam Social Security and other ministries, state units to integrate more essential personal information into the chip attached on a citizen ID card, including Covid-19-related data.
A financial relief package worth nearly VND27,600 billion (US$1.2 billion) to support workers and employers affected by Covid-19 was recently proposed by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Government Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP, effective as of January 1, 2021, states that starting next year, the new retirement age will be 60 years 3 months for men and 55 years 4 months for women. SGGP has conducted an interview with Director of Vietnam Social Security Phan Van Men about the possible effects of this change to workers in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).
PouYuen Vietnam, a sports shoe manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan District today announced it terminated 2,786 labor contracts due to the unfortunate circumstances of the Covid-19 crisis.
The HCMC Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) announced to give financial aid to laborers who were laid off during the coronavirus pandemic as per the People’s Council’s resolution 02/2020.
According to the government’s decree No. 143/2018, foreign workers would pay 8 percent of their monthly salary to the retirement and survivorship allowance fund from January 1, 2022.
Vietnam Social Insurance Agency has started collection of compulsory social insurance to foreign workers in Vietnam but some businesses have puzzled over the premium payment in HCMC, where about 10,000 foreign employees are licensed a year.
Bilateral agreements for a new generation of social insurance policy have been negotiated to support foreign workers engaging in Vietnam’s social insurance scheme, said Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Dao Viet Anh.
Around 81.3 million Vietnamese people bought health insurance by the end of May, a representative of the Vietnam Social Security said at a conference to review the 5-year implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No.21-NQ/TW on enhancing the Party’s leadership over social and health insurance work between 2012 and 2020 on June 28.
Social insurance debts topped VND14 trillion (US$616.08 million) at the end of March and it is likely to increase now but the VGCL has been unable to sue any business.