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Next year, the province strives to 98 percent of the population having the HI card by assigning the specific targets to the districts, concretely 99.8 percent to Son Dong, 99.5 percent to Bac Giang city, 99.1 percent to Yen The, 99 percent to Luc Ngan and Viet Yen, 98.6 percent to Luc Nam and Yen Dung, 98.5 percent to Lang Giang, 98.3 percent to Tan Yen and 98 percent to Hiep Hoa.

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The Action month focuses on communicating and popularizing the HI law and policies to the people of all strata; developing the subjects especially the farming households, small business, free laborers with good income while training on professional skill and instruction on the procedure of HI participation.

Additionally, it is necessary to timely honor and reward the outstanding organizations and individuals with achievement on appealing the people to join the HI; increase the quality of health examination and treatment as well as reform the administrative procedures at the local medical stations.

The People’s Committees in the districts and city will build up the execution plan with specific targets assigned to each group of subject. The Fatherland Front’s Committee and socio-political organizations should boost up the communication to its member families who do not have the HI card about the HI role and meaning in life, especially in case of unexpected illness, disease or accident.

Draft plan on social insurance reform supported by PCC members

The draft plan on reforming social insurance policy received much support from members of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee (PCC) when it was discussed at the fourth working day of the committee’s 7th plenary session on May 10.

 

Over 81% of Vietnamese population covered by health insurance

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% and representing 81.7% of the population.

 

Accelerating roadmap for universal health insurance

(BGO) - Implementing Directive No. 08-CT/TU dated September 1, 2016 of the Standing Board of the Bac Giang provincial Party Committee on developing health insurance participants, Party committees and authorities in Bac Giang city and districts have focused on maintaining and expanding target groups and increasing coverage to accelerate the universal health insurance roadmap.

 

VSS, Danish Embassy ink deal on health insurance-related cooperation

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and the Danish Embassy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), on August 21, to help the VSS improve its health insurance verification staff’s capacity in 2018 and 2019.

 

Health insurance coverage reaches 87.25 percent of population

Around 81.76 million people have joined health insurance as of the end of August, or 87.25 percent of the population, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS). 

 

New decree issued on compulsory social insurance for foreign workers

The Government has officially issued a decree stipulating in details and guiding the enforcement of the Law on Social Insurance on compulsory social insurance for foreign employees in Vietnam, which will take effect on December 1 this year.

 

Minh Thu