VOV.VN - There are approximately 88 million people with health insurance nationwide, accounting for 90.85% of the population and exceeding the target set out through Government Resolution No.01 by 0.15%, according to information released at an online conference of Vietnam Social Security (VSS) held on December 24.

VOV.VN - As many as 200 people have registered to participate in clinical trials for the locally-produced Nanocovax vaccine, with screening underway to select 60 people aged between 18 and 50 for the first phase, said Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health on December 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 16 attended the launch ceremony of the “VssID - Digital Social Insurance” – the mobile application of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

VOV.VN - Pham Luong Son, deputy general director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), and Ann Marie Yastishock, mission director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Vietnam, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on November 6 on health insurance co-operation for the 2020 to 2024 period.

As of July, businesses nationwide owed social insurance premiums totalling over VND20.6 trillion (US$887.6 million) due to the coronavirus crisis, according to Vietnam Social Insurance (VSI).

VOV.VN - Approximately 90.5% of businesses remain optimistic about the prospects of the whole insurance industry in the second half of the year, according to a survey conducted by the Vietnam Report Joint Stock Company (VNR).

Insurance companies enjoyed an increase in sales in the first quarter of this year.