VOV.VN - Vietnam’s nationwide health insurance referral reform, effective from July 1, 2025, has expanded patient benefits and improved access to medical services.

Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company (Asahi Life) of Japan is set to acquire Vietnamese life insurer MVI Life in a deal valued at almost JPY30 billion (US$193 million).

VOV.VN - Ministry of Health is urgently drafting a plan to implement the universal hospital fee exemption policy, in line with a recently issued Politburo Resolution on breakthrough solutions to protect, care for, and improve public health.

The State budget increased the minimum health insurance subsidies from 30% to 50 % for students from grades 1 to 12 and university students from the 2025–2026 school year.

VOV.VN - All Vietnamese citizens will be entitled to a free annual health check-up or screening from 2026, while basic hospital fees covered by health insurance will also be waived by 2030.

Children are now eligible for health insurance coverage for medical examinations and treatments related to refractive errors and strabismus (crossed eyes), thanks to new regulations under the revised Law on Health Insurance.

A conference on promoting social and health insurance policies and distributing health insurance cards to impoverished residents in Ho Chi Minh City was held on January 16 by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and the Social Insurance Agency of the city.

Vietnam's greatest human right achievement is ensuring the well-being and happiness for 100 million people, with democracy, peace, security, safety, and the maximum promotion of human factor, which reflects the core stance of the Vietnamese Party and State on protecting human rights and not leaving anyone behind during the development process, a hallmark of socialism in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The coverage rate of health insurance is likely to exceed 94% by the end of the year thanks to sustainable growth, Nguyen The Manh, general director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), said at a regular conference held recently in Hanoi to make social insurance information public.

The issuance of ID cards for children below 14 years old nationwide costs only VND900 billion (US$38.37 million) while saving up to thousands of billions of VND spent on vaccination and health records, health insurance cards, and student ID cards, among others, according to Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam.