The Hoa Binh provincial Social Security held a conference on January 10 to review the performance in 2023 and launch tasks for this year. Nguyen Van Toan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, attended and gave directions at the event.
The Director of the provincial Social Security
presents the insignia of "For the cause of Vietnam Social Security” to the
individuals with substantial contributions to social security development in
the country.
In 2023, the Hoa Binh Social Security promoted
submitting proposals to local Party committees and administrations, and
coordinated with relevant agencies to carry out social and health insurance
policies.
During the year, nearly 82,900 people
participated in compulsory social insurance (equivalent to 100.3% of the
target) and nearly 18,200 others in voluntary one (105.5%). Meanwhile, more
than 74,700 people joined the unemployment insurance (101.4% of the target) and
840,451 in health insurance (100.2%), raising the health insurance coverage to
95.23% of the province’s population, 0.03% higher than the target for 2023.
More than 2.4 trillion VND (98 billion USD) in
social, health, and unemployment insurance premiums was collected, representing
101.3% of the target. Besides, the agency gave social insurance benefits to an
additional 44,687 people. It paid over 2.6 trillion VND in social and
unemployment benefits and another 674.9 billion VND in health insurance
benefits.
It ensured safe, sustainable, and effective
control, management, and use of the social, unemployment, and health insurance
funds. Communications were also stepped up and reformed to promote people’s
access to information about social and health insurance policies and laws.
At the conference, the provincial Social Security
set eight focal tasks for 2024.
In his remarks, Vice Chairman of the provincial
People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan asked the sector to push ahead with advising
all-level Party committees and administrations about insurance affairs,
actively implement and coordinate with relevant agencies to implement
communications to raise public awareness of social and health insurance
policies, comprehensively and flexibly take measures for collecting insurance
premiums and arrears, and strictly manage the provision of social insurance
benefits.
On behalf of the Vietnam Social Security, the
provincial Social Security presented the insignia of "For the cause of Vietnam
Social Security” to eight individuals of Hoa Binh and two others of the
provincial agency who have made substantial contributions to social security
development in Vietnam.
The Director of the provincial Social Security
also presented certificates of merit to 16 collectives and 13 individuals
outside the sector in recognition of their outstanding achievements in
coordinating with the agency to carry out social and health insurance policies
in 2023.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee has agreed in principle on a proposal by the Standing Board of the Party Committee of Hoa Binh city to gather feedback on the city’s 1:2000 zoning plan, which forms part of its broader urban development strategy.
Hoa Binh province has made notable progress in public administration reform and digital government development, with the satisfaction index among citizens and businesses reaching over 84%, according to recent government evaluations.
Thanks to great efforts by local authorities in recent times, the governance and public administration performance of Mai Chau district has been significantly improved.
In the afternoon of June 6, the Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee and the Fatherland Front of Lac Son district solemnly held a meeting to celebrate the 139th anniversary of the district's founding (1886–2025) and the 79th anniversary of the establishment of the district's Party Committee (1946–2025). There was the attendance of Mr. Bui Van Thang, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Mr. Quach Tat Liem, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ms. Dang Bich Ngoc, the Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of the province; as well as the former leaders of the province and district through various periods, who are the natives of the district.
Implementing the Politburo’s Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science – technology, innovation, and digital transformation is a golden opportunity for the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh to renew growth model, improve competitive edge and shorten digital gap.
Resolution 57-NQ/TW, issued by the Politburo on December 22, 2024, identifies sci-tech, innovation, and digital transformation as strategic breakthroughs to build a developed and prosperous nation. In Hoa Binh province, this spirit is not just a slogan, it’s being put into action through concrete initiatives that form a "new development triangle”: digital citizenship, digital economy, and digital administration.