Social Affairs
Government requires drastic measures to raise social insurance coverage
Speaking at a working session in Hanoi on August 15, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged the insurance sector to take drastic measures to reach the goal of having 50 percent of the labour force covered by social insurance by 2020.
According to the report of the Vietnam Social Insurance revealed at a working session on August 15, nearly 12.4 million people have joined compulsory state social insurance as of July 31 this year, while 10.57 million are covered by unemployment insurance.
Health insurance coverage has reached 79.2 percent of the residents or around 73 million, but the membership of voluntary social insurance is negligible at just 192,000.
The Vietnam Social Insurance has pushed administrative procedure reform towards the goal of reducing the time for businesses to complete social insurance procedures to 49 hours per year by the end of this year, that is equivalent to the time in the four leading nations in the ASEAN. The time will be further reduced to 45 hours by 2020, in accordance with the target set by the Government in Resolution 19.
Besides, the social insurance has also implemented other solutions to facilitate the participation in social, unemployment and health insurance, including the reception and delivery of social and health insurance documents by post with cost paid by the insurance agency.
Representatives from other ministers and agencies acknowledged the insurance sector’s resolve, but noted that not all insurance agencies are making the same efforts.
Addressing the session, Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Vu Duc Dam said the insurance sector should intensify administrative procedure reform to persuade more people to join social insurance.
The Deputy PM urged the sector to deploy drastic measures to achieve the goal of having 50 percent of the labour force covered by social insurance by 2020.
He also asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to find out solutions to get more than 2 million workers under short-term contracts to take social insurance.
Deputy PM Dam required the Health Ministry to improve medical services for patients covered by health insurance.
Health insurance coverage has reached 79.2 percent of the residents or around 73 million, but the membership of voluntary social insurance is negligible at just 192,000.
The Vietnam Social Insurance has pushed administrative procedure reform towards the goal of reducing the time for businesses to complete social insurance procedures to 49 hours per year by the end of this year, that is equivalent to the time in the four leading nations in the ASEAN. The time will be further reduced to 45 hours by 2020, in accordance with the target set by the Government in Resolution 19.
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Representatives from other ministers and agencies acknowledged the insurance sector’s resolve, but noted that not all insurance agencies are making the same efforts.
Addressing the session, Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Vu Duc Dam said the insurance sector should intensify administrative procedure reform to persuade more people to join social insurance.
The Deputy PM urged the sector to deploy drastic measures to achieve the goal of having 50 percent of the labour force covered by social insurance by 2020.
He also asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to find out solutions to get more than 2 million workers under short-term contracts to take social insurance.
Deputy PM Dam required the Health Ministry to improve medical services for patients covered by health insurance.
