Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung said the Vietnamese Government has made efforts to build and perfect the national legal system and policies on social security.

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Foreign NGOs have actively helped the country reach significant results in the work, especially in job creation, vocational training, and sustainable poverty reduction, through cooperation projects, direct support provided for Vietnamese people, and technical assistance in building and implementing policies.

Dung highlighted the significance of foreign NGOs’ contributions, saying that they have not only benefited disadvantaged Vietnamese people, but also helped enhance the friendship between Vietnam and other countries.

With their approach of policy development and implementation, foreign NGOs have built innovative and flexible models, helping to ensure social security for people in many Vietnamese localities, especially vulnerable groups, he stressed.

Dung also underlined the need to build suitable cooperation mechanisms between the country and foreign NGOs in order to avoid overlapping and achieve more sustainable results in this work.

VUFO Vice President and Secretary General Don Tuan Phong said foreign NGOs have worked in all fields in localities nationwide recently, focusing on Vietnam’s priority sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture and rural development, and solving social problems.

For the labor, invalids and social affairs sector, foreign NGOs have mainly supported children, people with disabilities, the elderly, Agent Orange victims, and others affected by the war, he added.

Phong said Vietnam needs great support and close cooperation from international organizations, expressing his hope that foreign NGOs will continue to cooperate with the country’s labor, invalids and social affairs sector at all levels.

The VUFO pledges to work with the MoLISA and localities to facilitate the operations of international NGOs in this field, he affirmed.

Participants at the event shared relevant information and pointed out barriers to overcome in the process of cooperation between foreign NGOs and Vietnam’s agencies, thus rolling out a more effective cooperation mechanism in the future.

700 organizations and individuals honored as outstanding blood donors

(BGO) –The Steering Board for voluntary blood donation (VBD) campaign in the northern province of Bac Giang on June 12 held the tenth honoring ceremony for the outstanding blood donors in 2018 in response to the World Blood Donation Day June 14. 

 

Bac Giang reinforces friendship organizations, expands international cooperation ties

(BGO) – The Union of Friendship Organizations of Bac Giang province (BUFO) held the IV Congress, tenure 2018 – 2023 on September 10-11.

 

98.5 percent of population covered by health insurance

(BGO) – A meeting was held on December 18 by the Steering Board for the project that executes the health insurance (HI) for the whole resident by 2020 so as to conclude the Action month to call for the residents’ HI participation in 2019 (November 2018). The event was chaired by Le Anh Duong, Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee, Head of the Steering Board. 

 

Compulsary social insurance premium to be adjusted

   

 

Efforts made to observe rights of foreign workers’ social insurance

Bilateral agreements for a new generation of social insurance policy have been negotiated to support foreign workers engaging in Vietnam’s social insurance scheme, said Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Dao Viet Anh.

 

Source: VNA