The Government has recently issued Decree No.43/2021 regulating the national insurance database which will be launched on June 1.

VOV.VN -Credendo Insurance Group’s offices in Germany and Austria have published a study aimed at evaluating the level of risk in Vietnam, with the report stressing that the country is continuing to enjoy a successful economic story after its sustained efforts to containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

With insurance and social allowance policies, Vietnam’s social security system is believed to be a useful tool for economic and social stabilisation in 2021.

Brookings Institution, a non-profit public policy organisation based in Washington DC, has run an article highlighting Vietnam’s impressive progress in universal health coverage (UHC) over the past decade.

The insurance industry is forecast to continue gaining double-digit growth this year thanks to new bancassurance contracts signed late last year and the recovery of the economy.

Up to 91.58% of the national population are expected to join health insurance in 2021, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

Vietnam aims to provide social insurance coverage for all elderly people nationwide by 2021, said Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security (VSS) Tran Dinh Lieu at a meeting of the Vietnam National Committee on Ageing (VNCA) on January 15.

Amid difficulties caused by diseases and natural disasters, social and health insurance policies, Vietnam’s major social security policies, have been effectively implemented, said an official at a conference held on January 14.

The number of people voluntarily joining the social insurance network has grown by 750,000 over the last two years, three times higher than a decade ago, heard an online conference held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on January 11 to introduce tasks for 2021.

Insurance companies performed well in Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic, but their shares have not attracted much attention from investors.