Under a new decree on compulsory social insurance for foreigners working in the country issued by the government on October 15, all foreign workers with labor contracts of at least a year will be subject to compulsory social insurance. The decree will come into effect on December 1. Under the decree, the basic social insurance package will cover sickness, delivery, occupational diseases and accidents, retirement, and death just like for Vietnamese workers. From 2022 foreign employees have to pay a monthly premium of 8 percent of their income to the retirement and death fund. Employers will contribute 17.5 percent of their employees’ monthly salary, 3 percent to the sickness and maternity fund, 14 percent to the retirement and death fund, and 0.5 percent to the occupational diseases and accidents fund from January 1, 2022. This will put Vietnam on par with Thailand and the Philippines, while Singapore only requires citizens and permanent residents to pay social security. The draft … [Read more...] about Foreign workers set to come under social security net in Vietnam
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Social security in ASEAN hard to streamline
Social security in ASEAN hard to streamlineBy Vu Dung Guests doing check-in procedures at a hotel. Laborers working in the tourism sector can freely travel within the ASEAN Economic Community, but the social security system in the ASEAN is not yet able to cover all immigrants - PHOTO: TL HANOI – ASEAN countries should enhance their bilateral or multilateral cooperation in ensuring social security for migrant workers in the region. However, it has been challenging to develop a regional system of social and health insurance as each member country uses a different insurance system, said Pham Do Nhat Tan, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association of Manpower Supply. Nguyen Thi Dieu Hong, a social welfare expert, agreed on this point, saying on the sidelines of a seminar on immigrant laborers in late September that in Singapore and Malaysia, the social security program focuses on the concept of individual accounts, while other countries develop common insurance funds, for which … [Read more...] about Social security in ASEAN hard to streamline
NA’s Social Affairs Committee talks sustainable poverty reduction
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung speaks at the session (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) - The National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee convened its 11th plenary session in the central province of Da Nang on October 9 in preparation for the upcoming sixth meeting of the 14th legislature. The committee will review the Government’s reports on the two-year implementation of the NA’s Decision No. 76/2014/QH13 on promoting sustainable poverty reduction by 2020, the realisation of the national target of gender equality in 2017 and the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) with contents regarding employment, trade union and health care. It will also mull over the draft law on prevention and combat of harmful effects of alcohol and the management and use of health insurance fund in 2017, among others, Nguyen Thuy Anh, Chairwoman of the committee, said in her opening remarks. … [Read more...] about NA’s Social Affairs Committee talks sustainable poverty reduction
Social support vital to climate change recovery
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Comprehensive and effective social support is a powerful tool for increasing resilience to shocks, helping vulnerable households build and diversify their livelihoods, skills and assets in response to climate change. This is the message delivered at a consultation workshop on social assistance for disaster risk management and shock-responsiveness in Việt Nam organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. The result of a study on social assistance for disaster risk management and shock-responsiveness in Việt Nam was reviewed at the workshop held in Hà Nội on Monday. It is part of a project led by the Food and Agriculture Organisation working in four Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar and Việt Nam. In Việt Nam, the study was conducted in Lào Cai, Nghệ An and Cà Mau provinces from March 31 … [Read more...] about Social support vital to climate change recovery
Workshop discusses shock-responsive social protection in Vietnam
Officials inspect flood prevention in Vinh Chau A, Tan Hung district, Long An province. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a consultation workshop in Hanoi on August 27 to look into risk-informed and shock-responsive social protection in Vietnam. A study on risk-informed and shock-responsive social protection in Vietnam has been conducted under the management of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). It was run under a project chaired by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and implemented in four Southeast Asian countries, namely the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. In Vietnam, the study was carried out from March 31 to April 15, 2018 at the MoLISA; the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; and the provinces of Lao Cai in the north, Nghe An in the central region, and Ca Mau in the south. It surveyed local residents and government workers whose jobs are relating to disaster … [Read more...] about Workshop discusses shock-responsive social protection in Vietnam