The number of people withdrawing social insurance at one time in Ho Chi Minh City will increase.

The number of workers withdrawing insurance at one time in 2024 is expected to increase due to difficulties in orders in some manufacturing industries, causing many people to lose their jobs.

The information was given by Mr. Tran Dung Ha, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance (HCMSSI), at a regular press conference on January 11. The forecast was made in the context that in 2023, the city will have over 112,700 workers receiving one-time benefits, an increase of 3.9% over the same period, equivalent to 4,200 people.

"With experience in handling one-time subsidies, we believe that in 2024 the number of people withdrawing one-time benefits will continue to increase due to prolonged difficulties," said Mr. Ha.

People wait to withdraw social insurance at one time in Ho Chi Minh City, April 2023. Photo: Dinh Van — People wait to withdraw social insurance at one time in Ho Chi Minh City, April 2023. Photo: *Dinh Van*

Currently, some industries such as textiles, footwear, wood... are still affected by the global economic recession. In a 2023 survey by the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Human Resources Demand Forecasting and Labor Market Information, among 10,869 enterprises with a total of nearly 253,000 employees, 1,450 enterprises have plans to cut labor, accounting for more than 13% of the total number of surveyed enterprises.

In 2023, the city will have more than 162,000 people receiving unemployment benefits, an increase of nearly 12% over the same period. After a year of unemployment without social insurance contributions, if there is no new job, many people will choose to withdraw all at once.

For many years, Ho Chi Minh City has always led the country in the number of workers withdrawing social insurance at one time. The leader of Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance said that in the past year, the number of workers withdrawing at one time increased, concentrated in many industrial zones such as District 12, Thu Duc City, Hoc Mon District, Binh Chanh... At some times, the insurance agencies in these localities were overloaded.

To solve this problem, Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance has increased human resources from the city to "hot spots", instructed workers to submit applications online, and had insurance officers work extra on Saturdays to focus on receiving and processing applications for one-time benefits... Currently, the situation of workers hanging in hammocks and staying up all night to queue up to receive insurance has disappeared.

"We will try to avoid congestion if the number of people withdrawing at once in 2024 increases suddenly," Mr. Ha said. Currently, the Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance headquarters is open on Saturdays, ready to receive workers' applications.

Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance currently manages nearly 2.8 million people participating in compulsory and voluntary social insurance, over 8.7 million people with health insurance, nearly 255,000 people receiving monthly pensions and social insurance benefits. In 2023, this unit resolved social insurance and unemployment insurance regimes for over 1.4 million people.

Le Tuyet

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