Dispatch No. 1777/BHXH-CSXH dated June 13th, 2023 of Vietnam Social Security regarding payment of fees for medical assessment of foreign employees in Vietnam

According to opinions of Vietnam Social Security, at Article 7 and Article 8 of Decree No. 143/2018/ND-CP do not regulate the social insurance fund’s payment of fees for medical assessment foe foreign employees in cases (i) the assessment result shows that foreign employees in Vietnam are not healthy enough to take care of newborn children after birth or after receiving babies from surrogate mothers, or have to take maternity leave before delivery; (ii) The assessment result shows foreign employees in Vietnam are eligible for enjoying benefits for occupational accidents and occupational diseases. As the result, Vietnam Social Security does not have any ground for providing guidance to social insurance authorities of provinces and cities on payment of fees for medical assessment for these cases.

However, Vietnam Social Security proposed the Ministry of Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs to specify the cases in which foreign employees in Vietnam are eligible to have the fees for medical assessment reimbursed by social insurance if they satisfy the conditions prescribed in Clause 4 Article 84 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 or Clause 1 Article 42 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene.