Insurance

Receiving Lump-sum Social Insurance Benefits, Employees Will Suffer Many Disadvantages Later
16:32, 10/07/2024
After leaving their jobs, most workers wish to immediately receive a one-time social insurance payment to cover living expenses, invest, or start a business, etc. However, workers may not be aware that opting to receive a lump sum social insurance payment at this time only brings short-term benefits, but they will face many disadvantages later on.

3 Cases Eligible for Receiving Pension and Social Insurance Benefits at Home
16:07, 10/07/2024
Vietnam Social Security has recently issued Official Dispatch No. 972/BHXH-TCKT regarding the implementation of pension payments, monthly Social Insurance and Unemployment Insurance benefits through the postal system during the period of Covid-19 prevention and control. There will be three cases in which beneficiaries will receive pensions and Social Insurance benefits at home, specifically including:

Documents and Procedures for Temporary Suspension of Retirement and Survivorship Fund Contributions for Enterprises Affected by Covid-19
15:50, 10/07/2024
Recently, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Official Dispatch 1511/LDTBXH-BHXH regarding guidance on temporarily suspending contributions to the retirement and survivorship fund.

Guidance on Determining the Number of Employees Participating in Social Insurance Reduced Due to Covid-19
15:49, 10/07/2024
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs has just issued Official Dispatch 1511/LDTBXH-BHXH guiding the temporary suspension of contributions to the retirement and survivorship fund.

Guidelines for Preparing Report on the employment situation and list of participants in social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance in Vietnam
15:31, 10/07/2024
On August 18, 2020, Vietnam Social Security issued Decision 1040/QD-BHXH promulgating the Report on the employment situation and the list of participants in social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance in Vietnam.

04 new regulations on insurance simultaneously effective from July 15, 2020
15:23, 10/07/2024
The enterprise is allowed to contribute to the Occupational Accident and Disease Insurance Fund at a lower rate than usual; additional cases where employees are determined to have employment to terminate unemployment benefits; ... are new insurance regulations that will simultaneously come into effect from July 15, 2020. To be specific: these regulations are as follows:

Workers must submit a request to not receive unemployment benefits if not needed
15:18, 10/07/2024
This is the new content regulated in Decree 61/2020/ND-CP amending Decree 28/2015/ND-CP guiding the Employment Law on unemployment insurance.

Non-Governmental Organizations are also subjects to administrative sanctions in labor and social insurance
15:11, 10/07/2024
This is a notable regulation stipulated in Decree 28/2020/ND-CP regarding administrative sanctions in the fields of labor, social insurance, and sending Vietnamese workers abroad under contracts.

Shortening the Time Limit for Employers to Pay Occupational Accident and Disease Insurance Policies for Employees
15:05, 10/07/2024
This is a notable regulation in Decree 28/2020/ND-CP stipulating administrative penalties in the fields of labor, social insurance, and sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts.

Do employees with disabilities of enterprises in Vietnam need to pay compulsory health insurance premiums?
15:02, 10/07/2024
Dear Lawnet,I am currently a person with a disability and hold a Health Insurance Card (HI Card) for people with disabilities. Currently, I'm working for a handicraft manufacturing company. The company currently deducts my salary to cover my health insurance premiums. Is this legal? If premiums are paid, am I entitled to additional HI policies for employees?