Nghe An Province Social Insurance: Many solutions to expand the social security network to the people
Identifying the sustainable development of social insurance and health insurance participants as a key task in ensuring social security in the province, in recent times, with the attention and close direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels, Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance has made efforts to implement many solutions to increase the coverage of social insurance and health insurance, promote administrative reform, and ensure the rights of participants.
Bring practical benefits to people
In order to spread the humane policies of the Party and State, contributing to expanding the social security network for the people, Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance has promoted communication work with many diverse forms, creating opportunities for people to access, participate in, and enjoy Social Insurance and Health Insurance policies. In particular, direct communication and modern communication on digital platforms continue to promote their strengths and effectiveness.

With direct communication, through grassroots communication conferences, launching ceremonies, policy dissemination sessions in meetings at blocks, hamlets, conferences of sectors, unions, etc., people not only grasp the basic contents of policiesSocial insurance, Health insurance but also receive specific advice, answers and instructions on how to register to participate right at the conference. As of November 2024, the whole province has organized 1,086 communication conferences in villages, hamlets and residential areas with the participation of 47,663 people. Communication activities through the Electronic Information Portal of the Provincial Social Insurance, the grassroots radio system, through mass media, especially through social networking sites (Zalo OA, Fanpafe) of the Provincial Social Insurance are deployed synchronously.

In order for people not to miss out on social security benefits, the provincial Social Insurance always focuses on propaganda content about the meaning and benefits of participating in Social Insurance and Health Insurance. In particular, through practical and meaningful stories, it has helped people better understand the values that the policy brings to each individual, family and community. Thanks to promoting propaganda work, people's awareness in the province has increasingly improved, many people have proactively and actively participated in Social Insurance,Health insurance.
Having participated in health insurance for many years and after attending a propaganda conference in the hamlet, listening to the propaganda of the district social insurance officers, seeing the practical benefits of the policy, all 4 members of her family (her husband, her husband and her son's husband and wife) participated in voluntary social insurance. Mrs. Nga felt very excited and secure because all family members had a support in life.
Ms. Dang Thi Nga (Dien Hoa commune, Dien Chau district)
In order to facilitate people to participate and enjoy the policy, as well as ensure the rights of participants, the provincial Social Insurance has continuously reformed administrative procedures, applied information technology and resolutely implemented Project 06 of the Government. As of November 2024, 100% of medical examination and treatment facilities in the province have looked up health insurance card information using chip-embedded citizen identification cards with the number of successful looks ups being 4,652,281 times; The whole province has 94.65% of people receiving social insurance and unemployment benefits through personal accounts, of which the rate of people receiving short-term social insurance benefits through accounts is 98.8%; the rate of people receiving monthly pensions and social insurance benefits is 89.69%; the rate of people receiving unemployment benefits through personal accounts is 99.99%. Payment through personal accounts has brought many practical benefits to beneficiaries such as ensuring speed, safety and convenience; at the same time, the Social Insurance agency saves management costs, time, implementation progress, improves the quality of beneficiary management, and ensures strictness.
It is estimated that by the end of December 2024, the whole province will have 3,105,812 people participating in Social Insurance and Health Insurance, of which the number of people participating in Health Insurance is 2,970,132 people; the Health Insurance coverage rate reaches 94.0% of the population, completing the coverage rate plan assigned by the Provincial People's Committee. The number of people participating in Social Insurance is 430,771 people; reaching a coverage rate of 25.80% compared to the working-age labor force; exceeding 0.10% compared to the coverage rate plan assigned by the Provincial People's Committee; of which, compulsory Social Insurance is 295,091 people; voluntary Social Insurance is 135,680 people.
Many solutions to expand the social safety net
Mr. Hoang Van Minh - Director of Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance said: Identifying Social Insurance and Health Insurance as important policies in the social security system, in the coming time, the Provincial Social Insurance will continue to coordinate with relevant departments, branches and sectors to deploy contents and procedures to advise on the issuance of the Provincial People's Council Resolution on policies to support voluntary social insurance participants from the provincial budget to complete the target of covering Social Insurance and Health Insurance in Nghe An province by 2025 according to the resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress.

Coordinate with the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee to call for, mobilize and call on organizations, individuals and philanthropists to join the province in organizing the program of giving voluntary social insurance books and health insurance cards to people in difficult circumstances, contributing to the implementation of social security work in the area. Mobilize legal resources to support people to participate in voluntary social insurance and health insurance, expand coverage, and ensure the completion of assigned targets.
Continue to exploit data on potential subjects participating in voluntary social insurance and health insurance; in which, focus on key groups of subjects that are easy to exploit, coordinate with the collection service team, local authorities, and mass organizations to propagate and mobilize people to participate in voluntary social insurance and health insurance. Closely follow the instructions for organizing customer communication conferences of Vietnam Social Security, coordinate with the collection service team, the steering committee for implementing social insurance and health insurance policies of wards and communes, and mass organizations to propagate and mobilize people to participate in voluntary social insurance and health insurance.
Fully implement the procedures for reviewing and exploiting subjects participating in compulsory social insurance, including seriously and properly implementing regulations in organizing direct working conferences with units that have not participated or have not fully participated in compulsory social insurance and health insurance for employees; invite representatives of the Tax, Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs, Police, Labor Federation, and Fatherland Front sectors to participate in monitoring, propagating, disseminating, thoroughly grasping, and mobilizing the good implementation of policies and laws on social insurance, health insurance, labor, and taxes.

Continue to coordinate with district-level departments and offices to review communes that have been recognized as new rural communes, advanced new rural communes and communes striving to reach the advanced new rural target by 2024: Ensure the health insurance coverage rate according to the provisions of Decision No. 318/QD-TTg dated March 8, 2022 of the Prime Minister, advise the steering committee for implementing the Social Insurance and Health Insurance policies at the district level to direct communes to have specific and practical solutions to sustainably maintain people who have participated in health insurance, at the same time, propagate and mobilize new people to participate, completing the health insurance coverage rate according to regulations in 2024.
Continue to inspect the activities of social insurance and health insurance collection service teams that have signed authorization contracts with provincial and district social insurance agencies. At the same time, request the collection service teams to expand their staff and collaborators, including prestigious village, hamlet and village chiefs who are close to the people, to improve the effectiveness of propaganda and mobilization work to mobilize people to participate./.