Social insurance debts amount to VND14.7 trillion

Companies across the country still owe about VND14.7 trillion (over US$646 million) in social insurance premiums, which may leave their employees on the verge of losing their health and retirement insurance benefits, Thanh Tra newspaper reports.Keep reading ...

The Saigon Times Reporter

Govt: No health insurance premium hike until 2020

The Government will not approve any proposal to increase healthcare insurance premiums until 2020, so payment rates should be calculated to ensure the rights and interests of all stakeholders.Keep reading ...

Hoang Nhung

Sharp rise in seriously ill mental patients: official

There has been a sharp year-on-year increase in the number of people suffering from serious mental illnesses, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). Nguyễn Văn Hồi, head of the ministry’s Social Assistance Department, told a conference ...

VNS Reporter

Non-communicable diseases – leading cause of death in Vietnam

The Vietnam Medicine Association and the Ministry of Health raised the fact that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now a leading cause of death in Vietnam at the sixth National Scientific Conference in Hanoi on November 21.Keep reading ...

VietnamNet Reporter

People to benefit from basic healthcare package

In order to reduce pressure placed on central hospitals, the basic medical services package at commune-level medical facilities will be implemented from December, 2017. The package, including prevention, consultation and treatment services for all citizens, is fully covered by Việt Nam Social Security.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

Aging population: Opportunities and challenges to APEC economies

Demographic changes and the rapidly-growing aging population are among the key contents on the APEC 2017 agenda.Keep reading ...

Anh Duc

50,000 people living with HIV not know their condition

Some 50,000 people living with HIV across the country do not know they are affected with the virus, making up 20 per cent of the total number of people living with HIV. The information was released by Võ Hải Sơn, an expert from the Việt ...

VNS Reporter

1.5 million students still not covered by health insurance

Around 1.5 million students nationwide, or 7.5 per cent of all students, have not joined the national health insurance scheme, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

95 percent of population hoped to be covered by health insurance by 2025

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has signed a CPV Central Committee resolution on public health (Resolution 20) which sets a goal for 95 percent of the population to be covered by health insurance by 2025.Keep reading ...

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