On the morning of 23 January, VSS General Director Nguyen The Manh, VSS Deputy General Director Chu Manh Sinh and the delegation visited impoverished patients being treated at Military Hospital 175 in HCM City's Go Vap District.

VSS General Director Nguyen The Manh gives a gift to a needy patient at Military Hospital 175

During a working session with the hospital's leaders, VSS General Director Manh spoke highly of the outstanding performance achieved by the hospital and discussed a number of issues related to medical examination and treatment covered by health insurance.

He proposed that HCM City's Social Security Office and Military Hospital 175 continue to strengthen coordination to further improve health insurance medical examination and treatment for officers, soldiers, and people in the future.

VSS General Director Nguyen The Manh gives 30 social insurance books and 200 health insurance cards to representatives of the HCM City Women's Union

As part of the programme, the General Director also handed over 30 social insurance books and 200 health insurance cards to the city’s Women's Union. Those books and cards will be given to people in disadvantaged circumstances.

VSS Deputy General Director Chu Manh Sinh and sponsors donated 10 social insurance books, 30 health insurance cards and 40 gifts to people in the area.

VSS Deputy General Director Chu Manh Sinh presents social insurance books to disadvantaged people

On the same day, at the headquarters of the People's Committee of Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, the two VSS leaders and sponsors donated 50 health insurance cards and 50 gifts to people under disadvantaged circumstances.

General Director Manh transferred 200 other health insurance cards to representatives of the People's Committee of Vung Tau City to be given to local people.

He said, inheriting the humanity spirit of the VSS' programme to give free social insurance books and health insurance cards to disadvantaged people nationwide, this year's programme was launched on November 29, 2023.

Organisations, businesses, philanthropists, civil servants, and public employees nationwide donated more than 8,000 social insurance books and nearly 122,000 health insurance cards worth VND26.7 billion in total.

The programme received huge donations from seven enterprises, namely Agribank, BIDV, Vietinbank, Vietcombank, MB Bank, Vietnam Post Corporation and PetroVietnam Insurance Joint-Stock Company.

VSS General Director Nguyen The Manh hands over gifts to people in difficult circumstances

Manh said the donated social insurance books and health insurance cards are not only financial support but also timely spiritual support, in order to partially share difficult situations in medical care, examination and treatment.

The receivers will also have the opportunity to join voluntary social insurance to get pension and healthcare benefits in their old age, he said.

"I hope that everyone will make more efforts, overcome the immediate difficulties, gradually stabilise their finances to continue participating in social insurance and health insurance for themselves and continue to share with people in difficult circumstances,” he said.

On behalf of the VSS, he sent thanks to businesses, banks and sponsors for accompanying the agency to successfully organise the programme and bring a warm New Year to poor patients in the Year of the Dragon 2024.

He also thanked local authorities for their attention and coordination in implementing social insurance and health insurance policies./.