The 15th National Assembly (NA) on November 27 passed a law amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on Health Insurance with 446 deputies, or 93.11% of the total lawmakers, voting in favour.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee discussed a draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Health Insurance Law in Hanoi on November 15 as part of its 39th session.

The law building work remains the focus of the 4th working day of the 15th National Assembly’s 8th session on October 24.

To date, 91 percent of Vietnamese citizens are enrolled in health insurance and 100 per cent enrollment is targeted by the Government.

Proposed amendments to the Health Insurance Law will add multiple benefits for insured patients, according to speakers at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 18.

In recent years, the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang has provided free health insurance to needy people in remote areas, protecting their right to healthcare.

Public health insurance was discussed at a recent conference held by the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission and the Vietnam Social Insurance Agency (VSIA) in the central city of Da Nang.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang will take numerous measures to have more than 1.3 million people with health insurance this year, accounting for 75 percent of the population.

Social and health insurance is expected to cover 72.4 million people in 2016, heard a conference of the Vietnam Social Insurance in Hanoi on January 18, to put forth tasks for the sector this year.