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Outcome summary
Extension of social protection and unemployment insurance.Outcome achieved
1. Extension of social protection: The objective of the Party Resolution 15 on social policies is to ensure minimum levels in income, education, housing, clean water and information, making contribution to gradual enhancement of incomes, ensuring secured living and happiness of the people. 2. Unemployment insurance: By extending coverage to small enterprises and short-term contracts, the new Employment Promotion Law clearly intends to improve social security for segment of the population more at risk to lose their jobs. In addition, the Employment Promotion Law includes a chapter on public work programmes that will target rural and low-skilled workers.
ILO's contribution to the outcome
1. Through strong advocacy for a national social protection floor (SPF) in Viet Nam (several national workshops included a presentation on the SPF), the ILO promoted the extension of social security coverage to vulnerable workers. 2. The ILO provided technical support on international labour standards to the Ministry of Labour, Invalidity and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the National Assembly during the process of development of the Employment Promotion Law. The UI chapter takes into account the ILO’s recommendation for the expansion of coverage to Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) workers, and short-term and seasonal workers. In parallel, the ILO shared experiences on measures aimed at providing unemployment protection to informal economy workers, including through public work programmes. ILO conducted an actuarial valuation of the public pension scheme, administered by the Viet Nam Social Security Fund (VSS) which was accepted by the VSS and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in August 2013. The ILO organized a tripartite workshop to share and explain the findings of the actuarial review, in August 2013. Recommendations of the actuarial report will inform the process for the revision of the Social Insurance (SI) Law currently under discussion.