Upon a decade of implementation, besides certain advantages, the Law on Social Insurance 2014 has gradually revealed numerous deficiencies and limitations and is no longer suitable for the current socio-economic development. Therefore, the Draft Law on Social Insurance is being prepared and discussed with a focus on overcoming the current shortcomings of the Law on Social Insurance 2014.

The Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs issued Circular 15/2023/TT-BLDTBXH amending, supplementing some provisions of Circular 28/2015/TT-BLDTBXH providing guidelines for Article 52 of the Law on Employment and Decree 28/2015/ND-CP providing guidelines for the Law on Employment in terms of unemployment insurance (Circular 15). Circular 15, taking effect from February 15, 2024, provides some notable contents related to unemployment insurance.

On September 18, 2023, the Government issued Decree 70/2023/ND-CP (Decree 70) to amend and supplement a number of articles of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP which governs foreign employees working in Viet Nam and the recruitment and management of Vietnamese employees working for foreign organizations, individuals in Viet Nam. Decree 70 takes effect from September 18, 2023.

On January 3, 2023, the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Circular No. 01/2023/TT-BLDTBXH prescribing the rate for adjusting the monthly salary and income for which social insurance premiums are paid, replacing Circular No. 36/2021/TT-BLDTBXH. Circular 01 takes effect from February 20, 2023, but it applies to the relevant subjects of application from January 1, 2023.

On June 12, 2022, the Government issued Decree 38/2022/ND-CP prescribing statutory minimum wages paid to employees working under labor contracts to replace Decree 90/2019/ND-CP.

On December 28, 2021, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs issued Circular 28/2021/TT-BLDTBXH providing details and guidelines for implementation of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene in terms of regimes for employees suffering from occupational accidents and diseases. Some noticeable features of this Circular are presented in this article.