Morning news June 24: 3.3 million pensioners get a 15% salary increase from July 1

Người dân nhận lương hưu tại Hà Nội - Ảnh: HÀ QUÂN — People receive pensions in Hanoi - Photo: HA QUAN

3.3 million pensioners get pay rise from 1-7

If this proposal is passed, it will be the highest increase in pensions and social insurance benefits ever. The scope of application is more than 3.3 million people, including pensioners from compulsory insurance (public and private sectors) and voluntary social insurance participants.

Specifically, the Government proposed that from July 1, it will adjust the current pension and social insurance benefits by 15% (based on the June 2024 benefit level).

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At the same time, for those receiving pensions before 1995, after adjustment, the benefit level is lower than 3.2 million VND/month, the adjustment will increase by 0.3 million VND/month; the benefit level from 3.2 million VND/month to less than 3.5 million VND/month, the adjustment will be equal to 3.5 million VND/month.

This increase rate has been calculated by management agencies to ensure fairness, reasonableness, harmony, and sharing between pensioners and social insurance contributors, between the state and non-state sectors, between generations participating in and benefiting from the policy; while ensuring the ability to balance the fund in the long term.

Rising coffee prices cause Central Highlands coffee export value to increase sharply

In the first 6 months of 2024, Gia Lai province's coffee exports accounted for 86% of the province's total export turnover.

Specifically, the total export turnover of Gia Lai province in the first 6 months of the year was 525 million USD, of which coffee exports alone accounted for 452 million USD (148,000 tons). This is explained by the fact that the price of coffee in the last crop season continuously increased, breaking historical peaks one after another.

According to the Department of Industry and Trade of Gia Lai province, coffee has been the main export product of this province for many years. In recent years, coffee prices have continuously maintained high levels, leading to a large contribution to export turnover. In 2020, coffee exports of this province accounted for 52% of the total export value and increased steadily through 2022 (71%), 2023 (73%).

In particular, a positive factor supporting exports is the average coffee price increasing by 30% compared to the same period last year. This is a favorable condition to promote the export of this key product. Gia Lai is striving to achieve an annual export turnover of 750 million USD, equal to 100% of the target set at the beginning of the year.

Nationwide, coffee exports in the first 6 months of the year earned more than 3 billion USD, an unprecedented figure. It is noted that coffee prices are still high on the market.

After losing the 100,000 VND/kg mark in May, the price of raw coffee in the Central Highlands has now climbed to 120,000 VND/kg and remains stable around this price range, not far from the historical peak of 134,000 VND/kg set in April 2024.

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Consulting on the list of technical expertise in medical examination and treatment, the basis for new hospital fees

In particular, the list of specialized techniques in medical examination and treatment specified in Appendix 1 includes 28 specialties: Emergency resuscitation and anti-poisoning, Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Tuberculosis, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Endocrinology, Traditional medicine, Anesthesia and resuscitation, Surgery, Burns, Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eyes, Ear, Nose and Throat, Dentistry, Rehabilitation...

In this list, column 1: Record the technical technique's serial number; Column 2: Record the technical technique's code; Column 3: Record the name by specialty; Column 4: Record the technical technique's name; Column 5: Classification of surgeries and procedures.

Classification of surgeries and procedures is based on one or several or all of the following criteria: Level of difficulty of the surgery or procedure; Level of complexity of the surgery or procedure; Level of danger to the patient's life of the surgery or procedure;

Requirements for medical equipment used for surgery and procedures; Requirements for the number of people participating in surgery and procedures; Requirements for the time required to perform surgery and procedures.

The list of technical expertise will be the basis for building hospital fees in the direction of "calculating correctly and sufficiently" which is also being built by the competent authorities. However, the application of this hospital fee (according to the Government's direction) will be calculated at the appropriate time, avoiding inflation resonance.

1,200 more drugs have their circulation registrations renewed

The Ministry of Health has just extended the circulation registration certificates for 1,200 domestically produced drugs, foreign drugs, and drugs with proven bioequivalence to serve the needs of purchasing and bidding for drugs for treatment, prevention, and control of epidemics...

Of these, 174 are foreign drugs, 102 drugs with proven bioequivalence have changed or supplemented drug information, 906 are domestically produced drugs, and 2 drugs have been extended according to regulations in Clause 1, Article 3 of Resolution No. 80/2023/QH15 dated January 9, 2023 of the National Assembly.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (Ministry of Health) said that of the 906 domestically produced drugs that have their registrations extended this time, 710 will be extended for 5 years, 171 will be extended for 3 years, and the remaining 25 will be extended until December 31, 2025.

Of the 174 foreign drugs that were extended this time, 155 were extended for 5 years, and the remaining 19 were extended for 3 years.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requires drug manufacturers, importers and drug registration establishments to be responsible for manufacturing drugs in accordance with the records and documents registered with the Ministry of Health and to print the registration number issued by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health on the drug label.