Recognizing the effectiveness of the work of developing the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance in the first 6 months of 2025, Deputy Director of Social Insurance Region I Nguyen Cong Dinh affirmed: "Thanks to promoting propaganda work and spreading the message "Voluntary social insurance - A solid social security shield", the work of developing social insurance in the capital has increasingly had positive and effective changes".
Social Insurance Region I launched a campaign to promote and encourage people to participate in voluntary social insurance. Photo: Minh Thu
Impressive results
The summary of the first 6 months of 2025 of the Social Insurance of Region I shows that the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance is 112,293 people, an increase of 26,179 people, an increase of 30.87% over the same period in 2024, accounting for 3.51% of the working-age workforce (exceeding 0.01% compared to the assigned target in 2025). This is truly an especially impressive result, having completed and exceeded the target for the whole year of 2025 in just the first 6 months of the year.
Sharing lessons learned on this, Deputy Director of Social Insurance Region I Nguyen Cong Dinh said: To increase the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance, the first thing is to increase communication to the right people, the right beneficiaries of the policy. Social Insurance Region I regularly reviews the database of people who have not participated to develop a plan to propagate and mobilize people to participate in voluntary social insurance and family health insurance.
Another good way is to take advantage of the Month of promoting the implementation of universal social insurance in 2025 (May 2025), the Social Insurance of Region I has launched a synchronous campaign, going to large markets, directly consulting freelance workers and business individuals. The leaders of the Social Insurance of Region I also assigned the target of developing the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance to each individual employee, cadre, civil servant, and public employee on the launch day, thanks to which, each campaign has achieved results with specific numbers.
Along with that, at job fairs in the capital, social insurance consultation tables often appear, through which information on policies and the superiority of voluntary social insurance policies are directly accessible to thousands of job candidates. In particular, Social Insurance Region I strengthens coordination with departments, branches, socio- political organizations, local authorities, and requests support from the state budget and philanthropists to support freelance workers, especially poor and near-poor households to participate. For example, at the Hoan Kiem District Job Fair (April 2025), Social Insurance Region I organized the awarding of voluntary social insurance books to workers in difficult circumstances. Through this, more and more people understand the value, importance and effectiveness of participating in voluntary social insurance as a "solid security shield", especially for self-employed workers when they get old.
Continue to grow the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance
From July 1, 2025, the Law on Social Insurance (amended) will officially take effect, adding many significant benefits to voluntary social insurance participants. Firstly, voluntary social insurance participants will be supplemented with maternity benefits, the maternity benefit level when participating in voluntary social insurance is 2 million VND for each child born and each fetus from 22 weeks old or older who dies in the womb, or dies during labor. Regarding the payment period, the Law on Social Insurance (amended) stipulates that the eligibility for pension benefits will be reduced from 20 years to 15 years, creating opportunities for self-employed workers participating in voluntary social insurance to enjoy pension policies early. This is a change of a strong incentive nature, especially for those who join late or have low incomes, making it difficult to maintain long-term insurance payments.
Affirming that the expansion of policies when the Law on Social Insurance (amended) officially takes effect is a valuable "golden opportunity" to continue to increase the number of people participating in voluntary social insurance, Deputy Director of Social Insurance Region I Nguyen Cong Dinh said: "In the coming time, Social Insurance Region I will strengthen the implementation of support, consulting and propaganda solutions to bring voluntary social insurance closer to the people. Voluntary social insurance collection agents, socio-political organizations... also play an important role in spreading information and supporting people in completing participation procedures.
With the synchronous participation of the policy system, management agencies and people, voluntary social insurance policies have gradually become a familiar part of social life. From being only for a few people with conditions, this policy has now reached vulnerable groups, groups with unstable incomes as well as groups with difficulty accessing traditional forms of insurance. As more and more workers proactively incorporate voluntary social insurance into their life plans, this policy will not only contribute to perfecting the social security system but also contribute to raising personal awareness about protecting their own future.
Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/bao-hiem-xa-hoi-tu-nguyen-tam-la-chan-an-sinh-vung-chac-706025.html
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