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81.7 percent of population covered by health insurance. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Some 81.3 million people across Vietnam have been covered by health insurance by the end of May, up nearly 21 million people from 2012 or 35.6 percent and representing 81.7 percent of the population. The information was unveiled by the Vietnam Social Security at a conference to review the 5-year implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No.21-NQ/TW on enhancing the Party’s leadership over social and health insurance work between 2012 and 2020. The number of health insurance holders last year exceeded the goal set by Resolution No.21-NQ/TW. The number of compulsory social insurance participants was estimated at more than 13.8 million people, an increase of 3.25 million people from 2012 and accounting for 25.8 percent of the workforce. The number of voluntary social insurance card holders totalled 240,000 people while 11.7 million people participated in the unemployment … [Read more...] about 81.7 percent of population covered by health insurance

He pointed out that social insurance coverage in the country stood at just 29 per cent of the population, far below the target of 50 per cent by 2020 set by the Party Central Committee’s Resolution 21-NQ/TW.Therefore, the VSS must step up efforts to increase the number of participants, he said.The social security agency should also collaborate with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Public Security to ensure transparent bidding for medicines covered by health insurance schemes as well as other medical commodities, Huệ said.He praised the sector’s achievements in 2017, noting that the collection, estimated at VNĐ290 trillion (US$12.8 billion), was the highest since 2007, when the Law on Social Insurance took effect.The VSS has also had a fruitful year in its efforts to reform administrative procedures, apply information technology in management and effectively implement online public services, he said.VSS Deputy Director Phạm … [Read more...] about Expand social insurance coverage, Deputy PM urges

Meanwhile, 291,000 people have bought voluntary social insurance and health insurance has covered 86% of the country’s population, exceeding the target assigned by the Government by 30%. To encourage people to join voluntary social insurance, the government will offer a premium discount of 10-20% to poor people depending on their circumstances from January 1, 2018. VSS Deputy General Director Pham Luong Son said that the VSS ranks second among 20 ministries and sectors pioneering in applying information technology in operations. It has operated an IT centre and a customer service centre to receive feedback from customers and deal with their complaints. The VSS plans to issue electronic health insurance cards for customers to reduce administrative procedures and save time. Son said that social insurance debts in 2017 are estimated at VND5.73 trillion (US$253 million), down 0.8% compared to 2016., saying that the new regulations on applying criminal punishment to insurance … [Read more...] about VSS: Social insurance coverage on the rise

The number of social insurance holders was 13.57 million. Around 11.49 million people participated in unemployment insurance. Up to 80.83 million of people had health insurance. Total premium of social, health, and unemployment insurance was VND 261.5 trillion, meeting 91.2% of the assigned task, up VND 38 trillion against the same period last year. The social insurance sector handed over 9.3 million social insurance books to laborers; granted health insurance cards to 16.6 million people.According to a report, 56,700 laborers subjected to obliged social insurance payment have yet participated in the scheme. As of November 30, 2017, the heath insurance information system received 153.1 million electronic medical check-up records of patients with a total health insurance payment of VND 79 trillion. Earlier, General Director of the Viet Nam Social Insurance Nguyen Thi Minh tasked grass-roots social security agencies to print health care insurance cards in codes so that by … [Read more...] about Heath insurance coverage hits 86.5% of population

HÀ NỘI — Implementing social welfare needs the involvement of the community and businesses so as to contribute to social stability, socio-economic development and national security, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said on December 21. He made the statement at a meeting reviewing five years of implementation of Party Resolution 15-NQ/TW, which focuses on social welfare and other similar policies between 2012 and 2020. The meeting, chaired by the deputy prime minister who is head of the Steering Committee on Resolution Implementation, also discussed tasks for next year.  A report was presented showing that after five years of implementation, preferential policies for people who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s liberation and social welfare policies had been put in place. Ministries, sectors and localities have co-operated to complete legal documents and realise policies encouraging social consensus and … [Read more...] about Social welfare needs work

At the meeting (Photo VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has stressedthe need to get people and businesses involved in social welfare to create highsocial consensus for economic development and national defence-security.He was speaking at a meeting in Hanoi on December 21 to review the five-yearimplementation of Resolution 15/NQ-TW adopted by the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV)’s 11th Central Committee on social policy issues in 2012-2020.The Deputy PM urged ministries and localities to continue reviewingpolicies of poverty reduction and social welfare.On employment, Deputy PM Dam said it is necessary to improve employmentquality and labour productivity through encouraging new firms, thus creatingmore jobs, and developing human resources training. He asked localities to examine the vocational training system in 2018,especially for rural workers, and improve social infrastructure at industrialparks.The education and training work needs the involvement of … [Read more...] about Deputy PM calls for business involvement in social welfare