(HBO) – Phan Van Thai, Deputy Director of Ky Son district’s social security agency, said the number of voluntary social insurance participants in the locality remains limited, standing at only 157.
Officials of Ky Son’s
social security agency and post office provide consultations on voluntary
social insurance for locals in Tan Thinh hamlet, Hop Thinh commune, Ky Son
district.
To
expand the network of voluntary social insurance participation and raise public
awareness of voluntary social insurance, the social security agency has
coordinated with the local post office to organise various practical and
meaningful activities. However, the communication work has met an array of
difficulties.
Pham
Thi Quynh Nga, director of the post office, said the district aims to encourage
330 people aged from 18 to 45 to join voluntary social insurance in 2019. Of
these, the post office will be in charge of 170 people.
As
many as 156 people have registered for the insurance, she said, adding that the
two agencies are stepping up the communication work to help locals understand
more about voluntary social insurance policy and the State’s relevant
incentives.
At
the same time, the district has intensified IT application and administrative
reform in this regard in order to raise service quality.
In the afternoon of December 17, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a summary and awarding ceremony for the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024.
Implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to reach a health insurance coverage rate of 95% or more of the population, the Women's Union at all provincial levels has deployed the creative models and methods and effectively replicated them. These activities not only contribute to completing the social security goals, but they also spread the spirit of solidarity and sharing in the community.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
