Social affair

From this year on, May will be observed as a month to encourage all Vietnamese working people to participate in the national social insurance scheme. Trần Hải Nam, Deputy Director of the Social Insurance Department talks to a correspondent from Nhân Dân (People) newspaper on the benefits of participating in the national social insurance scheme. … [Read more...] about Encouraging more people to join the voluntary social insurance scheme

The Hanoi Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has requested district People's Committees to screen 1.477 million employees eligible to receive the aids, of them 840,000 are people without labor contracts and have lost their jobs. Currently, the districts keep identifying the beneficiaries in accordance with the process and procedures. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia May 29

This company’s quarantine plans for the experts were rejected twice by the local health department, which said the plans did not meet standards. After a plan was finally approved, the province decided to move all experts to a quarantine camp, rendering the plans useless. … [Read more...] about Major projects face delays as Covid-19 blocks foreign experts

Some patients also escaped through the front entrance next to the main gate. According to a top official, the escapees were drug users recently transferred to the center awaiting the court’s verdict on whether they should be subject to compulsory detoxification.  … [Read more...] about Drug users stage massive breakout from rehab center

Canada’s Globe and Mail newswire has praised Vietnam’s COVID-19 fighting. (Photo for illustrastion: NDO) It stressed that Vietnam’s success was no accident. Its 1,450km border with China and frequent visitors from Wuhan, the site of the original outbreak in December and January, meant that Vietnam could have been overrun with cases. But it acted fast and did not wait for official warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) before it closed its borders, locked down its economy and launched mass testing, tracing and quarantine measures. … [Read more...] about Canada newswire: Vietnam – standard in COVID-19 fight