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VietNamNet Bridge – In a recent official dispatch, the education and training ministry ordered education departments and schools to expand the health insurance programme for achieving universal coverage among students and pupils.
Health insurance fails to take off
VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Minh, General Director of Viet Nam
Social Insurance, speaks to Thoi Bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic
Times) about healthcare coverage.
Health insurance coverage up, but targets remain difficult: Minister
VietNamNet Bridge – The number of healthcare insurance holders in the
country has thus far reached 64.6 million, accounting for 71.4 per cent
of the total population,
New rule makes buying health insurance harder
VietNamNet Bridge – A regulation that went into effect this year
has made it more difficult for many people to buy health insurance.
Surrogacy still a thorny issue
VietNamNet Bridge – Khuat Thu Hong, director of the Institute for
Social Development Studies, tells Hai quan Cuoi tuan (Customs Weekend)
about her concerns since surrogacy became legal in Viet Nam.
Social News 18/1
Hand, foot and mouth disease strikes Hanoi; Construction sector owes USD25m in unpaid wages; Hao Duong delays paying environmental pollution fines; As many as 3,000 part time jobs awaiting students during Tet; Chemical traders ignore dangers: HCMC
Social News 3/1
Safety checks of hydropower projects urged; Saigon Railway to add trains for New Year holiday; New health insurance not affect life threatened patients; Teachers struggle to find job in HCM City; Women-only bus routes infeasible, experts say
Social News 20/9
USAID grants US$1.5 mil to HCM City’s metro project; Last 175 Vietnamese workers in Libya evacuated; Agricultural sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; HCM City invests US$23 million to upgrade embankment system
Health insurance is not biased
VietNamNet Bridge – A recent rumour that the rich receive more health
insurance benefits than the poor is factually incorrect,
Social News Headlines 6/3
Endangered monkeys rescued in Binh Duong; Rice delivered to overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia; Over 2,000 receive free mouth surgery in HCM City; JICA grants loans to power plant upgrade; Avian flu strikes in 22 provinces
NA Standing Committee discusses visa regulations
VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers in Viet Nam are considering offering a
unilateral visa exemption for foreigners planning to stay in the country
for a certain duration of time.
NA lawmakers debate amended health and marriage legislation
VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday discussed the
feasibility of applying compulsory health insurance for all citizens to
achieve the target of national insurance coverage at the sixth session
of the 13th National Assembly.
Health insurance may be compulsory
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese lawmakers yesterday agreed
that health insurance should be made compulsory to ensure there was more
participation. They were attending the 21st session of the National
Assembly Standing Committee.
Health insurance fraud to be examined nationwide
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Social Insurance office has asked
insurance agencies to strengthen their management of hospitals and other
medical institutes to promptly detect violations related to health
insurance.
Meeting focuses on draft laws, amendments
VietNamNet Bridge – The Government continued with its special meeting
on creating legislation yesterday (Aug 13), discussing amendments and
supplements to several laws and draft laws.
Hiring a smoker costs US firms $6,000 a head
An employee who smokes costs his or her employer nearly $6,000 (4,500
euros) more per year than a non-smoker, according to a study of the
United States published on Monday in the journal Tobacco Control.
First successful stem cell transplant in HCM City
Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh City - based Institute of Hematology and
Blood Transfusion have successfully conducted the country’s first-ever
haploidentical stem cell transplant procedure.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/12
Respecting people’s right to religious freedom; Students unable to afford subsidised health insurance; Increasing demand for workers in HCM City; Local official calms doomsday fears
