Vietnam's Law on Social Insurance stipulates that employees are entitled to health insurance in case they are receiving sickness benefits due to diseases on the list of diseases requiring long-term treatment. The following is a list of diseases that require long-term treatment in Vietnam.
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List of diseases with long-term treatment in Vietnam entitled to health insurance
The list of diseases requiring long-term treatment covered by health insurance in Vietnam is specified in Circular 46/2016/TT-BYT, including 332 diseases, specifically:
- Persistent amoeba infection (intestines and liver)
- Prolonged diarrhea
- Tuberculosis of all kinds in the treatment stage and sequelae
- Disease caused by atypical TB bacilli (NTM) (Bacteria are everywhere including skin, lymph nodes, lungs)
- Withmore's disease
- Brucellosis
- Severe tetanus and sequelae
- Leprosy (Hansen's disease) and its sequelae
- Sequelae due to tuberculosis of bones and joints
- Chronic hepatitis B virus
- Chronic hepatitis C virus
- Chronic hepatitis D virus
- Chronic hepatitis E
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) infection
- Sequelae of encephalitis, meningitis caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites
- Fungal meningitis (candida, cryptococcal)
- Fungal lung disease
- Cryptococcal fungal infection
- Penicillium marneffei infection
- Helicobacter pylori infection in the brain
- See more diseases in Circular 46/2016/TT-BYT of the Minister of Health of Vietnam.
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