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VSS to cut social insurance debt to under 3 percent

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) hopes to reduce social insurance debt to below 3 percent of its full-year collection plan for this year, heard a conference held in Hanoi on November 15.
VSS to cut social insurance debt to under 3 percent ảnh 1VSS to cut social insurance debt to under 3 percent (Photo VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) hopes to reduce socialinsurance debt to below 3 percent of its full-year collection plan forthis year, heard a conference held in Hanoi on November 15.

According to Nguyen Tri Dai, head of thecollection department at the VSS, by the end of October, compulsory socialinsurance and voluntary social insurance collection have failed to reachtargets, hitting 95.2 percent and 58.9 percent respectively.

He also said unpaid social insurance premiumsreached 16.6 trillion VND (731 million USD) by end of October, accounting for6.3 percent of the full-year collection plan.

He said that of the 16.6 trillion VND, a largeportion had been owed for less than six months, with social insurance making up7.3 trillion VND and unpaid health insurance 1.5 trillion VND.

Dai attributed the huge insurance debt to poorcompliance with social insurance regulations by enterprises and insuranceagencies. Some agencies do not report debt to local governments.

The VSS will take measures to cut socialinsurance debt owed by businesses to slash the insurance debt ratio to below 3 percentof the plan in the last months of this year, he said.

Social insurance agencies in provinces wereasked to collect from enterprises that have not paid for less than six monthsand work with law enforcement agencies to inspect those that have owedinsurance for more than six months.

Tran Dinh Lieu, Deputy General Director of VSS said as ofOctober 31, provincial social insurance agencies had conducted 2,328inspections on the collection of social insurance, health insurance andunemployment insurance, with few results.

Lieu said suing businesses owing socialinsurance premiums is a measure to reduce debt.

According to the Social Insurance Law, LabourCode and Civil Law, firms owing social insurance premiums can be taken tocourt, but suing businesses on the brink of bankruptcy has been problematic,with even successful lawsuits unlikely to yield payment.

The VSS is working with agencies to set up adecree which detailed the inspections as well as punishment on businesses whofailed to obey insurance regulations to protect the interests of labourers.Cases will be referred to the police and settled in accordance with the law, hesaid.-VNA

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