Striving to reach 93.2% of the population participating in health insurance in Vietnam 2023

Striving to reach 93.2% of the population participating in health insurance in Vietnam 2023 (Internet image)

Vietnam Social Insurance issued Decision 40/QD-BHXH dated 18/01/2023 on action plan to implement Resolution 01/NQ-CP in 2023.

In particular, the Vietnam Social Insurance has set the main targets in 2023 as follows:

Striving to reach 93.2% of the population participating in health insurance in Vietnam 2023

According to Decision 40/QD-BHXH in 2023, Vietnam Social Insurance strives to fulfill at the highest level the socio-economic targets mentioned in Resolution 01/NQ-CP, specifically:

- The number of people participating in social insurance is 40.2% compared to the labor force in the age group (Resolution 01/NQ-CP is 39%-40%);

- The number of people participating in unemployment insurance (UI) reached 31.7% compared to the labor force in the age group (Resolution 01/NQ-CP was 31.5%–32%);

- The number of people participating in health insurance (HI) reached 93.2% of the population.

In addition, Vietnam Social Security also provides other contents in the main targets for 2023, as follows:

- Completing at the highest level the estimated targets assigned by the Prime Minister;

- Continuing to carry out related tasks and works to complete, maintain and update the national database on insurance; strengthen connection and sharing so that the database can be maximized effectively, actively contributing to national digital transformation.

- Promoting the application of online public services so that people, employees and businesses can carry out the most convenient procedures for participating in and enjoying social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance regimes and policies.

- Completing the targets and plans according to the roadmap related to digital transformation in the implementation of Decision 749/QD-TTg 2020.

Financial management of social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance funds must be done closely, thriftily, effectively, and in accordance with regulations in Vietnam

In order to tighten discipline and discipline in financial management - state budget and the financial management of social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance funds -- closely, thriftily, effectively, and in accordance with regulations, Vietnam Social Security has given the following tasks and solutions:

- Completing comprehensively and synchronously the regulations of the Vietnam Social Insurance Industry on financial and asset work in accordance with the State's regulations and the actual situation; ensuring strict, effective, public, transparent, disciplined, and disciplined management of assigned financial resources;...

- Continuing to effectively implement the Action Program to practice thrift and combat wastefulness in the Vietnam Social Insurance Industry according to the annual Master Program of the Prime Minister and the guidance of the Ministry of Finance.

Continuing to implement the mechanism of autonomy and self-responsibility of public non-business units.

- Ensuring funding sources for the implementation of political tasks in the Vietnam Social Insurance Sector. Timely deploy plans and scenarios for operating appropriate funding sources to respond to changes and new arising problems.

- Strengthening internal audit to improve management and ensure financial and asset safety of the Industry.

- Continuing to implement the Fund investment plan in 2023, approved by the Management Council of Social Insurance, ensuring safety, efficiency, liquidity, and benefits for society.

- Developing a fund investment plan for 2024 and submitting it to the Social Insurance Management Council for approval.

- Directing the social insurance agencies of the provinces and centrally-run cities to advise the provincial-level People's committees to direct the Department of Health and medical facilities to manage and use the health insurance fund in accordance with regulations and effectively; strengthening the prevention of misuse of health insurance funds.

- Implementing the allocation of public investment capital in 2023 to ensure compliance with the ability to balance public investment capital and the provisions of the Law on Public Investment.

- Drastically implementing tasks and solutions in the disbursement of public investment capital to ensure effective use of public investment capital.

More details can be found in Decision 40/QD-BHXH effective from the date of signing.

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