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.
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.
In the small house of Bui Van Luong in Bung 2 Hamlet, Thu Phong commune, Cao Phong district, an array of traditional items such as serving trays, woven storage baskets for blankets, sticky rice containers, and bamboo baskets are beautifully and skillfully crafted.
Over the recent past, the education and training sector of Hoa Binh province has paid great attention to reforming management activities, improving teachers’ quality, and innovating teaching methods that focus on quality and efficiency, at the same time with implementing the sector’s emulation campaigns and movements.
