On June 30, 2025, the Minister of Home Affairs officially promulgated Circular 12/2025/TT-BNV guiding the Law on Social Insurance concerning compulsory social insurance (Circular 12). This Circular took effect from July 1, 2025, replacing several related legal documents, such as Circular 59/2015/TT-BLDTBXH providing details and guidelines for the implementation of certain articles of the Law on Social Insurance regarding compulsory social insurance and Circular 06/2021/TT-BLDTBXH amending and supplementing several articles of Circular 59/2015/TT-BLDTBXH. This article will analyze some key highlights of Circular 12 related to sickness and maternity regime.
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On June 29, 2025, the Government issued Decree 164/2025/ND-CP regulating electronic transactions in the field of social insurance and the national insurance database. This Decree marks a significant milestone in the digitalization of the social security system, providing a legal foundation for implementing social insurance procedures through electronic platforms with the goal of streamlining procedures, reducing costs, and enhancing the efficiency of state management in the field of social insurance.
Read moreChange in authority: Note to employers when carrying out labor and employment-related procedures
On June 11, 2025, the Government issued Decree 129/2025/ND-CP regulating the delimitation of the competence of local governments at 02 levels in the field of state management of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Decree 129 takes effect from July 1, 2025 and stipulates changes in the authority to settle a number of administrative procedures in the field of labor and employment
Read moreSome issues to be noted by enterprises from the draft Decree guiding compulsory social insurance
After consulting ministries, sectors and localities and appraisal opinions of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (now merged into the Ministry of Home Affairs) has submitted to the Government a draft Decree detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Social Insurance on compulsory social insurance, with some outstanding contents of the Draft Decree that enterprises need to pay attention to.
Read moreHighlights of the Law on Health Insurance 2024
Participating in health insurance is one of the fundamental rights of citizens, which has been stipulated in the Law on Health Insurance 2008 and its guiding documents. However, after 15 years of implementation, the Law on Health Insurance 2008 has revealed certain limitations and shortcomings. As a result, on November 27, 2024, the National Assembly issued Law No. 51/2024/QH15 to amend and supplement several provisions of the Law on Health Insurance 2008 (Law on Health Insurance 2024).
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