🇻🇳 Vietnam · Insurance
Insurance in Vietnam — health, travel, and digital-nomad cover, what is mandatory, and how to choose a plan.
Vietnam insurance planning should separate compulsory social/health insurance for eligible employees from private health, travel, property and business policies.
- Vietnam Social Security says foreign workers with qualifying contracts participate in compulsory social insurance unless an exception applies.
- Private insurance remains useful for exclusions, waiting periods and coverage gaps in local or social schemes.
- Employers should align insurance records with payroll, tax and work-permit records.
Official authorities
- Vietnam Social Security — foreign workers
Official note on foreign-worker compulsory social insurance.
- Ministry of Finance
Insurance-sector policy and finance oversight.
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