Government social protection policy falls short: survey

The Government's social protection support policy has struggled to prevent vulnerable people from falling into poverty and to protect those already poor from descending deeper into poverty due to COVID-19 pandemic, a survey has found.

European business leaders’ confidence in VN returning after COVID-19 European business leaders were more positive about Việt Nam’s trade and investment environment in the first few months after COVID-19, according to data from the Business Climate Index (BCI) of the European Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (EuroCham).

Improving access to e-public services for citizens through national public service portal The conference was organised by the Office of the Government of Việt Nam and Huế People’s Committee in collaboration with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

HCM City promises support for workers laid off due to pandemic

The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs would take whatever measures are needed in the second half of the year to safeguard workers’ incomes and jobs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lê Minh Tấn, its director, has promised.

VN strives to boost health insurance coverage

Phạm Lương Sơn, deputy director of Việt Nam Social Security, spoke with Nhân Dân (People) newspaper prior to national health insurance day (July 1) about plans to increase health insurance coverage to 95 per cent of the population by 2025

Cần Thơ businesses ask for help to recover after COVID-19

Businesses in Cần Thơ City have asked for favourable financial policies to help them recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Việt Nam Social Security seeks to sign up more members Việt Nam Social Security has strengthened dissemination of information about the benefits of voluntary social insurance to attract more people to join.

Bank fails to disburse Gov’t’s non-interest loan package Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies has not yet disbursed any loan from the Government’s non-interest credit package of VNĐ16 trillion, said Deputy Director of the bank Trần Lan Phương.

Recruitment demand in IT industry quadruples

The recruitment demand of the IT industry has quadrupled after a decade, according to the report “Information Technology Human Resources of the 2010s and 2020" released by VietnamWorks, a leading online recruitment website, belonging to the Navigos Group.

NA ratifies Convention 105 on Abolition of Forced Labour