Social development
Gender
Elimination of health insurance drug lists simplifies healthcare access
By removing the list of medicines covered by health insurance according to hospital classification, the Ministry of Health aims to streamline healthcare access for patients and medical facilities.Effective January 1, 2025, the Ministry’s Circular No. 37/2024/TT-BYT, which establishes the principles, criteria, and procedures for the ...
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Vietnam’s efforts to eliminate violence against women intensified
As one of the first countries to participate in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Vietnam has made significant efforts to fulfill its national commitments through various measures aimed at ensuring gender equality in all areas of social ...
Vietnam attempts at establishing secure network environment
The Government has made concerted efforts to establish secure network environment by issuing a new decree.The Government has recently released Decree No. 147/2024/ND-CP on November 9, 2024, concerning the management, provision, and utilization of internet services and information on the network. This decree introduces several new ...
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First national journalism award on gender equality launched
The 2024 national journalism award on gender equality, the first of its kind in Vietnam, was launched on the first day of November – the action month for gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence.At the November 1 event, Nguyen Thi Minh Huong, Vice President ...
Media training on gender equality, violence against women held in Can Tho
More than 30 journalists, reporters, and media workers from 20 central and local press and media agencies attended training on gender equality and violence against women and girls in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 28 – 29.The session, organised by the ...
Solving difficulties in preventing and combating human trafficking
The Law on Prevention and Combating Human Trafficking was passed by the 12th National Assembly, 9th Session on March 29, 2011, and took effect from January 1, 2012. After 12 years of implementation, the practice has required amendments and supplements to the Law to address ...
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Vietnam Migration Profile 2023 released
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), held a workshop in Hanoi on October 29 to launch the Vietnam Migration Profile 2023.According to Nguyen Minh Vu, Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs after the two editions in ...
Vietnam working to improve efficiency of law implementation on human rights: Expert
After more than 35 years of renewal, the Vietnamese State has established a legal system to regulate social relationships, with a focus on building relatively comprehensive laws on human rights which align with the country’s development realities and gradually become compatible with international regulations on ...
Vietnam successfully eliminates trachoma: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on October 21 that Vietnam has eliminated trachoma, a contagious, bacterial disease that may eventually lead to blindness. This remarkable achievement was validated by the WHO and a plaque was presented to Deputy Minister of Health of Assoc. Prof. ...
Progress seen in gender equality promotion in Vietnam: official
Vietnam has made considerable progress in promoting gender equality over the past years, and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) has been applying itself to this work, said VWU Vice President Nguyen Thi Minh Huong.Huong cited the UNDP’s Human Development Report as saying that in 2022, ...
