Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 16 attended the launch ceremonyof the “VssID - Digital Social Insurance” – the mobile application of theVietnam Social Security (VSS).
The VssID app, which is available on IOS and Androidplatforms, provides users with information on their social insurance engagementhistory, social insurance codes, medical facilities accepting social insuranceas well as places for paying insurance premiums.
After pressingthe button to launch the app, PM Phuc said that the introduction of the app isa huge step forward in the VSS’s administrative reform process and ITapplication efforts, contributing to implementing the national digital strategyand building e-government.
He noted that thesocial insurance coverage has been broadened with a rise of more than 1.3 timesover 2015 to nearly 33 percent of the workforce in 2020. The ratio of socialinsurance engagement also increased to about 91 percent in 2020 from 76.5percent in 2015.
He held that thenumber of subscribers of the app will increase quickly as more than 60 percentof the population are using smartphones which are becoming more affordablerecently.
Through the app, employeescan directly monitor their employers’ payment of social, health andunemployment insurance, thus ensuring their legitimate rights, he said.
The Governmentleader asked the VSS to continue adding more public services as well as theonline payment into the app, while ensuring cyber security and privateinformation safety for users.
According to VSSGeneral Director Nguyen The Manh, amid the flooding situation in the centraland Central Highlands regions, the VSS and the Ministry of Health are workingtogether to pilot the use of health insurance cards’ image on VssID insmartphones to replace the paper ones, thus facilitating local people’s medicalcheckups and treatment./.
The VssID app, which is available on IOS and Androidplatforms, provides users with information on their social insurance engagementhistory, social insurance codes, medical facilities accepting social insuranceas well as places for paying insurance premiums.
After pressingthe button to launch the app, PM Phuc said that the introduction of the app isa huge step forward in the VSS’s administrative reform process and ITapplication efforts, contributing to implementing the national digital strategyand building e-government.
He noted that thesocial insurance coverage has been broadened with a rise of more than 1.3 timesover 2015 to nearly 33 percent of the workforce in 2020. The ratio of socialinsurance engagement also increased to about 91 percent in 2020 from 76.5percent in 2015.
He held that thenumber of subscribers of the app will increase quickly as more than 60 percentof the population are using smartphones which are becoming more affordablerecently.
Through the app, employeescan directly monitor their employers’ payment of social, health andunemployment insurance, thus ensuring their legitimate rights, he said.
The Governmentleader asked the VSS to continue adding more public services as well as theonline payment into the app, while ensuring cyber security and privateinformation safety for users.
According to VSSGeneral Director Nguyen The Manh, amid the flooding situation in the centraland Central Highlands regions, the VSS and the Ministry of Health are workingtogether to pilot the use of health insurance cards’ image on VssID insmartphones to replace the paper ones, thus facilitating local people’s medicalcheckups and treatment./.
VNA
