From the beginning of the year, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district directed the agencies and the specialized departments to collaborate with the district's Social Insurance to promote and encourage the residents to participate in voluntary social insurance and household health insurance.
The staff of Lac Thuy District’s Social Insurance are promoting the voluntary social insurance policies to the small traders in Phu Nghia Commune.
The district also disseminated information on the social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance policies through its electronic information portal and social media platforms. As a result, by the end of July, in the district there were 4,635 people participating in compulsory social insurance, 1,412 in voluntary social insurance, 4,146 in unemployment insurance, and 54,442 in health insurance, achieving 93.63% of the plan, with a health insurance coverage rate of 87.5%.
In the whole district, 52,208 out of the 52,243 people have integrated their health insurance cards with their chip-based citizen identification cards, reaching 99.93%. All the medical facilities in the district provide health insurance services using citizen identification cards. The health insurance payments for medical examinations and treatments have totaled over 16.2 billion VND, serving 24,245 people. Additionally, 100% of the social insurance lump-sum payments were made through non-cash methods, and 24.8% of pension payments were made through bank accounts.
Da Bac district, like many other localities, faces challenges such as unemployment and unstable job opportunities, with an average 900 labourers needing vocational training annually and nearly 1,000 looking for jobs. The district has collaborated with the provincial Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs, job service centres, and domestic and international recruitment agencies to organise job fairs and consultation sessions every year.
Organ donation has been a humanitarian movement across the nation over the recent past. The deeds by donors and their families have inspired many people to register as future donors and embodying the profound message of giving the gift of life.
As the 2025 Lunar New Year is approaching, workers in Hoa Binh province eagerly anticipate their bonuses, seen as a crucial source of motivation and financial support for a joyful holiday season.
Recognising the importance of environmental criteria in building new-style rural areas, Hoa Binh province’s Party committees and authorities have focused on protecting the rural and craft village environment. These efforts have transformed the rural landscape and gradually improved local living standards.
With an allocation of 44 billion VND (1.72 million USD) under the national target programme on socio-economic development in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period, Hoa Binh city has invested in the target areas, creating many changes in the living conditions of local ethnic minority communities.
The social security system at all levels in Hoa Binh province has been making concerted efforts to ensure benefits of citizens and workers when they participate in social insurance and health insurance.
