Many advantages when integrating information into ID cards

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tu - Deputy Head of the Department of Collection Management and Development of Self-Paying Subjects (Collection Management Board - Books, Cards; Vietnam Social Security) said that according to Article 22 of the 2023 Law on Identification, from July 1, 2024, citizens are requested to integrate information into their identification cards when needed or when issuing, exchanging, or reissuing identification cards.

Accordingly, the information integrated into the ID card includes card information, health insurance, social insurance book, driver's license, birth certificate, marriage certificate or other documents, except for information on documents issued by the Ministry of National Defense. The use of information integrated into the ID card has the same value as providing information or using documents containing that information in performing administrative procedures, public services, transactions and other activities.

People come to the Department of Administrative Management of Social Order of Ho Chi Minh City Police to make ID cards with integrated DNA biometrics .

When integrating health insurance card information into the ID card, people can use the ID card to examine and treat diseases and carry out health insurance procedures or present the health insurance card as before, which is still valid for medical examination and treatment.

For people who already have a CCCD card but have not integrated it with a health insurance card, they can do it in the following ways:

- Bring your valid ID card and health insurance card to the nearest social insurance agency to request integration. After integration, you will receive your ID card with integrated health insurance information.

- Integrating health insurance information online: People can integrate health insurance information into the chip-embedded CCCD online on the Vietnam Social Security Public Service Portal website using the function of changing the CCCD number on VssID. This method is applied in cases where people have registered to use the VssID application before having a 12-digit chip-embedded CCCD card. After people successfully update the chip-embedded CCCD card information to the system, the health insurance card data will be automatically integrated into the chip-embedded CCCD. When the ID card has integrated health insurance card information, it is only necessary to present the ID card when going to the hospital for examination and treatment, without having to present a paper health insurance card.

Regarding the question after July 1, how will the health insurance contribution increase specifically? Mr. Tu said: Decree No. 73 dated June 30, 2024 of the Government stipulates the basic salary and bonus regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces. Accordingly, from July 1, 2024, the basic salary will increase from VND 1,800,000/month to VND 2,340,000/month, equivalent to an increase of 30%. Thus, the health insurance contribution level of health insurance participants calculated based on the basic salary will increase by 30%.

In addition, Decree No. 74 dated June 30, 2024 of the Government stipulates the minimum wage for employees working under labor contracts. Accordingly, the monthly minimum wage for regions I, II, III, and IV will increase by about 6% compared to the monthly minimum wage according to Decree No. 38/2022 of the Government. Thus, the health insurance contribution level of health insurance participants calculated according to the regional minimum wage will increase by at least about 6%.

For near-poor households, Clause 3, Article 1 of Decree No. 75 dated October 19, 2023 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 146 dated October 17, 2018 of the Government detailing and guiding measures to implement a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance stipulates: Support 100% of the health insurance premium for people in near-poor households residing in poor districts according to the decision of the Prime Minister and other documents of competent authorities; Support at least 70% of the health insurance premium for people in near-poor households according to the near-poor household standards for the period 2022 - 2025 prescribed in Decree 07/2021 of the Government and other documents of competent authorities amending, supplementing or replacing the near-poor household standards applicable to each period. The People's Committee of a province or centrally run city shall, based on the local budget capacity and other legal funding sources, submit to the People's Council of the province or centrally run city a decision on the level of health insurance contribution support for subjects higher than the minimum support level for a number of participating groups.

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