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From a health perspective, Vietnam is among the most vulnerable countries to the Covid pandemic. Most medical equipment, biological products, vaccines, medicines... have to be imported because they are not being produced domestically. The purchase of vaccines is slow due to the acceptance of the man...

Protecting yourself and others from Covid-19 includes staying home if you are sick, keeping track of where you have been, wearing a face covering, maintaining good hygiene, getting vaccinated, maintaining good physical distance (according to Unite against Covid-19). Besides that, you should also hav...

It is surprising that expatriates rely on Facebook groups to get advice on insurance (medical, home and motorbike mainly)… and it extends to banking and financial products. 

Read on Facebook: “Dear FB friends, can you recommend the best health insurer… brokers and insurers, please do not bother ...

Living abroad for several years and faraway home is one of the challenges for Expats, especially considering buying health coverage as life safety protection.

There are options and policies to choose from, and knowing the right type depends on the situation.

By reading the reasons listed below, you ca...

The impact of Covid is one of the biggest risks to various industries. Businesses are struggling with the frenzy of the Winter/ Christmas sale season as they are scaling or renewing their entire operations because of the Covid pandemic. 

Most businesses do not have insurance for t...

The questions you need to ask your insurer

Here are the right questions to ask your insurer and get the answers in writing or in the terms and conditions (what you usually call the treacherous fine prints).

For a few hundred dollars per year, you can have peace-of-mind pursuing your professi...

Donald Rumsfeld (politician and businessman), the two-time former Defense Secretary once referred to “unknown known”: the things that you think you know but it turns out you did not know.

“As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; tha...

So, something bad happened on your trip. Maybe it was a lost bag, a canceled flight, a long delay or a medical emergency. 

Luckily, you bought travel insurance that can cover travel mishaps like these. But in order to get reimbursed quickly, you need to file a claim — and you need to do it the r...

This bathes deep within the realm of obvious but wear a helmet. As Vietnam is still a developing nation, road etiquette is dissimilar to what you are accustomed to back home. Life on the road is a little more dog-eat-dog here, and you do need to push for position. That doesn't mean you need to be ov...

Accordingly, the social, economic, and health impacts of the pandemic are creating a rising demand for medical, life, and home insurance policies as more people look to protect themselves and their families from the current challenges to their lives and livelihoods. 

Demographic changes, rise in...

Many residents in Ho Chi Minh City are rushing to purchase certificates of motor vehicle insurance as traffic police officers are waging an aggressive month-long campaign to inspect road users.

Under the campaign, which lasts until June 14, road users in the southern metropolis can be pulled over by ...

This is thanks to the Vietnamese government pushing for universal healthcare, and as a result, over 80% of citizens in Vietnam now have access to healthcare.

The current healthcare system is a mixture of both public and private facilities. Public facilities make up the majority of the system, an...

The United Economist Intelligence has shown, through a study, that Ho Chi Minh City is among the top 10 cities where the cost of living is very affordable. In addition, several expatriates say that with an income of 800 to 1000€ per month, it is possible to live quite comfortably by adopting a Vietn...

Vietnam is fast becoming a popular choice amongst expats as the country offers the ideal combination of good earning potential, low cost of living and high quality of life. Expats moving to Vietnam will find a healthcare system which combines aspects of Eastern and Western medicines to treat most me...