Nghe An promotes coordination in implementing cashless pension payments

On the morning of May 31, Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance and Nghe An Provincial Police had a meeting to deploy the contents of developing non-cash payments in pension and social insurance benefits payment based on the national population database.

Comrade Hoang Van Minh - Director of Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance and Colonel Tran Ngoc Tuan - Deputy Director of Nghe An Provincial Police chaired the meeting. Also attending were representatives of the State Bank of Vietnam, Nghe An branch, Nghe An Provincial Post Office and a number of commercial joint stock banks in the province.

Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance said that currently in the province, there are 162,691 cases receiving monthly pensions and social insurance benefits, of which only 43,201 cases have registered to receive them via bank accounts, accounting for 27%, mainly concentrated in Vinh city with 23,308 cases (accounting for 48% of the total number of pensioners and social insurance benefits in this locality). Promoting the policy of paying pensions and social insurance benefits without using cash brings convenience to both management agencies and people, helping to increase transparency and efficiency in payment management.

At the working session, after exchanging, discussing and evaluating the difficulties and problems related to solutions for developing non-cash payments in the payment of pensions and social insurance benefits based on the national population database, the parties agreed to propose solutions to effectively implement the tasks and achieve the set targets.

Accordingly, the Provincial Social Insurance assigned specific targets to the Social Insurance of districts, cities and towns to advise local Party committees and authorities on implementation; closely coordinate with the Provincial Police and relevant departments, branches, sectors and units to monitor, urge, supervise and guide the implementation of non-cash payments in monthly pension and social insurance allowance payments based on the National Population Database.

The Provincial Police Department directed the District and Commune Police to coordinate with the Social Security Department at the same level to review, verify, and clean up information on pensioners and monthly social security benefits to contribute to the digital transformation of the social security sector.

The State Bank of Vietnam, Nghe An branch, directed commercial banks to deploy solutions to diversify non-cash payment products and services, and have preferential plans on service fees for pensioners and social insurance beneficiaries when opening and using accounts. The provincial post office directed post offices at all levels to coordinate with the police, social insurance, and local authorities to make payments, and at the same time review and monitor changes in residence of permanent residents in the area who receive monthly pensions and social insurance benefits.