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.
Experts have predicted that the health and vehicle insurance sectors will continue to serve as the primary growth drivers for non-life insurance in Vietnam this year.
More than 4.8 million Hanoi residents had their health insurance cards integrated into their chip-based ID cards as of December 26, of which 271,000 people have put them into use.
Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan explained several points related to the implementation of health insurance policy designed for residents in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, at the National Assembly on October 27, during the NA's ongoing fourth session in Hanoi.
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.
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) hosted a dialogue with Japanese businesses on the implementation of social and health insurance policies, in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau on October 11.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) is set to hold a dialogue with approximately 100 Japanese firms on October 11 in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
More than 86.8 million people, or 88.99% of the population, had been covered with health insurance by the end of June, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS)’s digital transformation efforts have helped provide chip-based ID cards for health insurance at more than 4,000 medical facilities across the country.