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To date, Vietnam has over 14 million people participating in the compulsory social insurance, accounting for 96.2 percent, in which over 229,000 participants are from Bac Giang province, making up 100.5 percent of the assigned plan in 2018.

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The figure helped the province rank sixth place out of nine provinces and cities that have the number of CSI participants higher than the national average rate.

To firmly maintain the achievement, the provincial Social Insurance should keep reviewing, analyzing to correctly specify the subjects for compulsory CSI participation and those who have yet to participate in the insurance so as to build up the suitable plan to develop the subjects while definitely handling the agencies violating the insurance policy.

WB offers Vietnam recommendations on social insurance reform

The World Bank (WB)’s experts have suggested Vietnam promptly reform its social insurance sector systematically in order to ensure the balance between collection and spending in the mid-and long-term.

 

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.

 

Minh Thu