Insurance agencies of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) workedclosely together to implement a project to enhance Vietnam’s capacity inbuilding a policy on health insurance and the management of healthinsurance in Vietnam.
The result of the project, which wascarried out during 2012-2013, was reviewed at a workshop held inHanoi on November 26.
Implemented with 800,000 USD funded bythe Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the project aims toassist Vietnam in renovating its health insurance regulations, towardsdeveloping the model of universal health coverage in the country.
Speaking at the workshop, Deputy Minister of Public Health Nguyen ThiXuyen praised the RoK’s successes in deploying the model of universalhealth coverage in the country over the last 12 years, saying that themodel is a valuable experience for Vietnam as well as other countries inthe world to follow.
She said she hopes that Vietnam willmake use of the project’s results to develop the country’s policy onhealth insurance and management in the field.
Representativesfrom the ministry affirmed that the RoK’s experience in the field willhelp Vietnam modify and supplement its Law on Health Insurance, whileinnovating measures to promote the model of universal health coverageand enhance the health insurance examination work in the country.
The project’s general report on health insurance policy also providedVietnam with a useful reference to further foster the development of thefield in Vietnam, they said.
Vietnamese and RoK participantsexpressed their hope that through the project, relations in the healthinsurance sector will be established between the two countries in thefuture.
The two sides’ representatives pledged to continuesharing experiences in universal health insurance, managing the price ofpharmaceuticals, building the list of medicine for health insurance andimproving health insurance examinations in the field.-VNA
The result of the project, which wascarried out during 2012-2013, was reviewed at a workshop held inHanoi on November 26.
Implemented with 800,000 USD funded bythe Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the project aims toassist Vietnam in renovating its health insurance regulations, towardsdeveloping the model of universal health coverage in the country.
Speaking at the workshop, Deputy Minister of Public Health Nguyen ThiXuyen praised the RoK’s successes in deploying the model of universalhealth coverage in the country over the last 12 years, saying that themodel is a valuable experience for Vietnam as well as other countries inthe world to follow.
She said she hopes that Vietnam willmake use of the project’s results to develop the country’s policy onhealth insurance and management in the field.
Representativesfrom the ministry affirmed that the RoK’s experience in the field willhelp Vietnam modify and supplement its Law on Health Insurance, whileinnovating measures to promote the model of universal health coverageand enhance the health insurance examination work in the country.
The project’s general report on health insurance policy also providedVietnam with a useful reference to further foster the development of thefield in Vietnam, they said.
Vietnamese and RoK participantsexpressed their hope that through the project, relations in the healthinsurance sector will be established between the two countries in thefuture.
The two sides’ representatives pledged to continuesharing experiences in universal health insurance, managing the price ofpharmaceuticals, building the list of medicine for health insurance andimproving health insurance examinations in the field.-VNA
