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From November 20, 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction is responsible for managing construction order for construction works that are appraised by the specialized construction agency under the Ministry of Construction in the Construction Feasibility Study Report (in the photo is the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction checking the situation of violations of construction order in Phuoc Thang ward). Photo: Provided by the Department of Construction

Responsibility for managing construction order of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction

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A reader with email levuxxx@gmail.com asked: How is the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction responsible for managing construction order according to the new regulations?

The commune chairman is allowed to decide to streamline the payroll for part-time workers. Graphics: Tra My

Streamlining the payroll for non-professional people decided by the Chairman of the commune

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Streamlining the payroll for non-professional people in Hanoi will be approved by the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level according to the authorization, applicable from November 10, 2025 to May 31, 2026.

From November 20, 2025, the People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones in Ho Chi Minh City are responsible for managing construction order such as: monitoring, inspecting, detecting, preventing and handling construction works without a construction permit but according to regulations must have a construction permit issued by a competent state agency. Photo: Thanh An

New regulations on the responsibility of managing construction order of People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones in Ho Chi Minh City

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A reader with email dangngocxxx@gmail.com asked: How is the People's Committee of communes, wards and special zones in Ho Chi Minh City responsible for managing construction order?

In which cases are officers, soldiers, workers and national defense officials compensated with 1.5 million VND? Graphics: Tra My

Officers, soldiers, and defense officials will be compensated 1.5 million VND if they are below

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Officers, professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, workers and defense officials on the payroll of the teams searching for and collecting martyrs' remains will be compensated 1.5 million VND/person.

Vocational skills development includes the content of building, managing, and implementing the national vocational skills framework. Photo: Quynh Chi

Contents to support vocational skills development

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A reader with email duytuanxxx@gmail.com asked: What content does vocational skills development support include?

National universities are responsible for managing the organization and personnel of national universities according to the provisions of law, the Regulations on the organization and operation of national universities and member higher education institutions. Photo: Huu Chanh

Duties of the national university on organizing the apparatus and personnel from September 2025

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National universities have the task of developing and improving the quality of higher education to train highly qualified human resources, meeting the requirements of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security of the country. Photo: Chan Phuc

Duties of national universities on training activities from September 2025

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A reader with email toloanxxx@gmail.com asked: What are the duties of national universities in terms of training activities under the new regulations?

From August 15, the State Budget will support health insurance payments for students. Graphics: Thanh Binh

From August 15, the State Budget supports health insurance payments for students

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Decree No. 188/2025/ND-CP stipulates new content on Health Insurance (HI) for students, officially taking effect from August 15.

Defining the authority of salaries in the 2-level government model. Graphics: Huong Giang

Competent authorities increase salaries when implementing two-level government

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has just responded to the authority to increase salaries when implementing the 2-level local government model.

How do commune-level mass associations operate after the merger

How do commune-level mass associations operate after the merger

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Instruction 05/HD-MTTW-BTT stipulates the continued arrangement, streamlining, and consolidation of mass associations assigned by the Party and the State at the provincial and commune levels.

Are workers who have a third child entitled to maternity benefits

Are workers who have a third child entitled to maternity benefits

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Information on whether employees who have a third child are entitled to maternity benefits is not specifically regulated as follows.

When revoking, temporarily holding or temporarily locking the validity of health insurance cards, the social insurance agency must notify the health insurance participant. Photo: Ha Anh

Regulations on temporarily blocking the validity of health insurance cards

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A reader with email dangkienxxx@gmail.com asked: How is the temporary closure of the validity of a health insurance card regulated?

Guiding the implementation of regulations on retirement, leave, and resolution of regimes and policies when restructuring the apparatus. Graphics: Tra My

What's new about the retirement and severance pay regime when merging

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The Ministry of Home Affairs guides the implementation of retirement, severance pay policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants, and public employees when arranging...

Enterprises are not considered to have evaded health insurance payments when encountering emergency situations according to the provisions of law, causing sudden and surprising impacts on the operations of agencies, organizations, and employers. Photo: Nam Duong

Cases not considered as evasion of health insurance payment

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Civil servants and public employees who are temporarily suspended from work or temporarily suspended from their positions without disciplinary action shall have a monthly health insurance contribution rate equal to 4.5% of 50% of the monthly salary used as the basis for compulsory social insurance payment in the month before the suspension. Photo: Hai Nguyen

Health insurance contribution rate of civil servants and public employees temporarily suspended from work

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A reader with email hoanhixxx@gmail.com asked: How do civil servants and public employees who are temporarily suspended from work pay health insurance?

The time when the health insurance card is valid for grade 1 students: from October 1, the first year of primary school. Photo: Dinh Trong

When is the health insurance card of students valid

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A reader with email dotuanxxx@gmail.com asked: When is the health insurance card of students valid?

From July 2025, some subjects without pensions will receive a subsidy of VND 500,000 per month.

Those without pensions will receive a monthly allowance of VND 500,000 from July 2025

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HCMC - From July 2025, some subjects without pensions will receive social pension benefits at the rate of VND500,000 per month.

Social Insurance pays the cost directly to health insurance participants when the patient is in a state of emergency, unconsciousness or dies without presenting health insurance card information before being discharged from the hospital. Photo: Thuy Linh

In case the Social Insurance directly pays the cost of health insurance treatment for patients

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A reader with email hoanhixxx@gmail.com asked: In which cases does the Social Insurance directly pay for medical examination and treatment costs under health insurance for patients?

The recovery of health insurance medical examination and treatment costs is carried out for medical examination and treatment costs that have been paid by health insurance but are discovered to be not in accordance with the provisions of law. Photo: Ha Anh

New regulations on recovering medical examination and treatment costs under health insurance

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A reader with email hoangtuxxx@gmail.com asked: How is the recovery of health insurance examination and treatment costs regulated?

From July 1, female twin workers will receive a one-time subsidy of how much

From July 1, female twin workers will receive a one-time subsidy of how much

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The 2024 Social Insurance Law stipulates the one-time allowance for female workers who have twins.