Up to 91.58 percent of the national population are expected to join health insurance in 2021, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS). (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Up to 91.58 percent of thenational population are expected to join health insurance in 2021, according tothe Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
The sector also aims to raise the rates of labourers participating in socialinsurance from 32.7 percent to 35.2 percent, and unemployment insurance from 27percent to 28.5 percent.
To that end, the sector will continue with administrative reform and information-technologyapplication, as well as artificial intelligence to better serve people andbusinesses.
It will also revamp the communications work to raisepublic awareness of social insurance, while intensifying inspections oversocial and health insurance payment of enterprises.
At a meeting of the Vietnam National Committee on Ageing (VNCA) on January 15,VSS Deputy General Director Tran Dinh Lieu said Vietnam aims to provide socialinsurance coverage for all elderly people nationwide by 2021.
According to a report of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs,Vietnam had nearly 13 million elderly people (aged 60 and above) in 2020,accounting for 12 percent of the population, with about 1.98 million aged over80, and approximately 7.7 million elderly people living in rural areas.
The State budget spent about 18 trillion VND (779.69 million USD) implementingsocial assistance policies for the elderly in the community. Specifically, morethan 1.8 million elderly people received monthly allowances, over 1.4 millionenjoyed allowances as national contributors, and 3.1 million are enjoyingpensions and social insurance benefits. In addition, 12.1 million seniorcitizens currently have health insurance cards.
The VNCA highly appreciated the efforts made by the Vietnam Association of theElderly (VAE) and its local chapters in creating conditions for the elderly toparticipate in cultural, musical and sports activities, while urging for moreactive support from all-level Party committees and authorities in the work.
At the meeting, VNCA members agreed that in the time ahead, ministries, sectorsand localities should focus on implementing policies related to the elderly inclose association with multidimensional poverty elimination policies./.
Nearly 12 percent of Vietnam’s population of 98.7 million are elderly, with 60 percent living in poor health conditions, according to Nguyen Hong Quan, Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Community Health Education (VACHE).
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has directed Vietnam Social Security (VSS) to focus on expanding coverage of compulsory and voluntary social insurance and raising public awareness of its importance.
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.
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The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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Leading Vietnamese companies specialising in respiratory and dermatological treatments, traditional medicine, immune support supplements, and functional foods will have an opportunity to connect with international distributors and secure export deals.
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Up to 91.58 percent of the national population are expected to join health insurance in 2021, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS). (Photo: VNA) 
