Presiding over a session of the committee, the Government leader noted that the State has earmarked 400 trillion VND (17.05 billion USD) for transport development for the 2021-2026 period, saying the transport projects have been scattered across the country, connecting six socio-economic regions.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting.

Chinh, who is also head of the committee, said among the three growth engines – investment, consumption and export, the last relies much on foreign markets, yet many of which have tightened their monetary policies and cut aggregate demand.

He pointed out that Vietnam can work to boost the last two factors of investment and consumption. Therefore, it is necessary to stimulate domestic consumption and promote public investment, the leader stressed.

To boost public investment, ministries and agencies must step up administrative reform, approve projects quickly, work harder in site clearance and speed up construction work, he said, adding that public investment helps create jobs and livelihoods for people, stir up economic activities and spur national development.

The PM urged committee members, and leaders of ministries, agencies and localities to raise the sense of responsibility and actively fight corruption during the roll-out of national key transport projects.

Health insurance to cover 91.05 million people

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) is striving to raise the number of people covered by health insurance to 91.05 million, or 92% of the national population, by the end of this year.

Over 17 million join social insurance

Over 17.24 million Vietnamese people, or 34.84% of the workforce, are joining social insurance, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

Over 1.8 million people with meritorious services purchases health insurance

Currently, more than 1.8 million people with meritorious services were purchased health insurance by the State. The annual budget for this group is more than 1.46 billion VND.

Nearly 90% of population covered with health insurance

More than 86.8 million people, or 88.99 percent of the population, had been covered with health insurance by the end of June, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

Nearly 2 billion USD spent on unemployment insurance in 2 years

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has used more than 45.444 trillion VND (1.96 billion USD) from the unemployment insurance fund to pay for employees and employers over the past two years, given serious Covid-19-induced difficulties facing production and business activities.

Source: VNA