National Assembly session on the afternoon of October 30
The National Assembly considers a proposal to eliminate referral procedures for rare and serious diseases.
According to the meeting agenda, on the morning of October 31, the National Assembly will discuss in groups the draft resolution on the organization of urban government in Hai Phong City. At the same time, it will discuss the establishment of Hue City under the central government.
In the afternoon of the same day, the National Assembly will discuss in the hall the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance.
At the end of the discussion session, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan will explain and clarify a number of issues raised by National Assembly delegates.
Notably, the draft Law on Health Insurance amends regulations on medical examination and treatment in the right and wrong line (inter-line) and is updated according to the technical expertise level of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment in 2023.
Eliminate referral procedures for some rare and serious diseases that can be directly transferred to higher levels of expertise to reduce procedures, create convenience, reduce out-of-pocket expenses for people, and save costs for the fund.
Accordingly, the bill stipulates that patients are allowed to go to medical examination and treatment facilities at the basic or advanced technical level in case of diagnosis and treatment of certain rare diseases, serious diseases, diseases requiring surgery or using advanced techniques according to the list of diseases and techniques prescribed by the Minister of Health: 100% payment of medical examination and treatment costs for inpatient and outpatient health insurance according to the prescribed percentage of benefits.
In addition, among the 9 administrative procedures that have been reduced and reformed in the bill, there is also the removal of referral papers for some rare and serious diseases. Patients can be examined and treated "through the line" of districts within the province.
Pension and social insurance benefits payment schedule for November
According to news from Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance, those who receive monthly pensions and social insurance benefits through personal accounts, not cash, will be paid on November 1.
For those receiving monthly pensions and social insurance benefits in cash, payment time begins from November 2.
By November 2024, the number of people receiving pensions through accounts will be nearly 99%, so the number of people coming directly to the payment point to receive cash is very small - Photo: HA QUAN
However, since November 2 is a Saturday, the payment will start from November 4 to November 10. Ho Chi Minh City Post Office will be responsible for payment at payment points from November 11 to November 25.
In Hanoi, after more than 4 months of implementation, the number of people receiving pensions and social insurance benefits reached nearly 99%.
The total amount of money in the November payment is about 4,000 billion VND. Hanoi Social Insurance will start paying to beneficiaries through their accounts from November 2, and in cash from November 5.
According to Decision 166/2019 of Vietnam Social Security, pension and social insurance benefits are paid from the 2nd to the 10th of each month at payment points.
The time is at least 6 hours/day and the payment will only end before the 10th if all beneficiaries on the list are gone. At the post office transaction point, the time is from the 11th of each month to the 25th of that month.
However, the specific pension payment schedule for November 2024 of provinces and cities across the country will be specifically announced to pension beneficiaries by local social insurance agencies.
Statistics up to September 2024, the social insurance industry said that the whole country has nearly 3.4 million people receiving monthly pension and social insurance benefits.
USD prices in banks and 'black market' suddenly decrease
The State Bank announced the central exchange rate between the Vietnamese Dong and the USD on October 30 at 24,246 VND/USD, down 6 VND compared to the previous session.
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With a margin of 5%, commercial banks are allowed to trade within the price range of 23,033 - 25,458 VND.
The reference USD buying and selling exchange rate listed by the State Bank of Vietnam is 23,400 VND/USD for buying and 25,450 VND for selling.
According to Tuoi Tre Online , USD prices at many banks have also been adjusted down following the central exchange rate trend.
At Vietcombank, the USD selling price is listed at 25,458 VND, and the buying price is 25,088 VND, down 6 VND compared to the previous session.
In the free market, the USD price listed by foreign exchange points for buying and selling is commonly 25,670 - 25,780 VND, down 40 VND compared to the previous session.
Previously, the VND/USD exchange rate unexpectedly increased sharply again in October after cooling down since August. The main reason came from the fact that the DXY index measuring the strength of the USD increased from 100.3 points to over 104 points.
Enterprises borrow more than 10 billion USD through bond channel since the beginning of the year
According to data from the Vietnam Bond Market Association (VBMA), there were 24 private corporate bond issuances worth VND22,333 billion and 1 public issuance worth VND1,467 billion in September 2024. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 268 private issuances worth VND250,396 billion and 15 public issuances worth VND27,054 billion.
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In September, businesses bought back VND11,749 billion worth of bonds before maturity, up 2% over the same period in 2023.
In the remainder of 2024, VBMA estimates that there will be approximately VND79,858 billion of bonds maturing, of which the majority are real estate bonds with VND35,137 billion, equivalent to 44%.
Regarding the situation of unusual information disclosure, there are 26 new late interest payment bond codes with a total value of 239 billion VND and 2 late principal payment bond codes worth 550 billion VND.
In the secondary market, the total value of individual corporate bond transactions in September reached VND87,768 billion, an average of VND4,619 billion/session, up 40% compared to the average in August.
According to Vis Rating, September 2024 is the first month since October 2021 without any new cases of late payment.
The cumulative rate of overdue bonds continued to decrease from the first quarter of 2024 to the end of the third quarter, reaching 14.8% of the total value of outstanding bonds.
A real estate company was fined for 'hiding' bond information
The Securities Commission has just issued a decision to sanction administrative violations in the field of securities against Phuc Dong Housing Development Joint Stock Company.
Accordingly, this enterprise was fined 92.5 million VND for not periodically announcing to the Hanoi Stock Exchange a series of documents such as:
Semi-annual financial report 2023; report on the implementation of commitments of the issuing enterprise to bondholders in semi-annual 2023; payment of principal and interest of semi-annual bonds in 2023...
Many other reports on the use of money from bond issuance, the payment of bond principal and interest, and financial reports at many other times were also not published by the enterprise.
In addition, Phuc Dong Company also failed to announce on time to the Hanoi Stock Exchange the results of the bond offering or the completion of the early bond buyback...
A Vietcombank boss resigns
Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam – Vietcombank (VCB) has just announced that it has received the resignation letter of Mr. Nguyen My Hao.
Accordingly, Mr. Hao wants to resign from the position of member of the Board of Directors for the 2023-2028 term to retire from November 1, 2024.
Mr. Hao's resignation will be reported by Vietcombank at the nearest general meeting of shareholders.
Vietcombank's 6-month 2024 management report said that Mr. Nguyen My Hao holds 10,566 VCB shares.
Previously, at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held last August, Vietcombank elected Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh as a member of the Board of Directors and 3 members of the Supervisory Board for the 2023-2028 term.
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