PouYuen Vietnam, a sports shoe manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan District today announced it terminated 2,786 labor contracts due to the unfortunate circumstances of the Covid-19 crisis.
The People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City has sent its document to competent agencies and local administrations ordering to enhance control over health insurance spending citiwide.
As per the inter-department of education and social insurance’s directive to schools in Ho Chi Minh City, local governments will receive 70 percent support on health insurance.
Around 81.3 million Vietnamese people bought health insurance by the end of May, a representative of the Vietnam Social Security said at a conference to review the 5-year implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No.21-NQ/TW on enhancing the Party’s leadership over social and health insurance work between 2012 and 2020 on June 28.
Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam asked the health sector and administrations to simplify administrative procedures to facilitate people in buying medical insurance and services.
As per the inter-department of education and social insurance’s directive to schools in Ho Chi Minh City, the government will use the State budget to pay 70 percent of expenses on health insurance for near-poor families.
