Hau Giang Province: Promoting the propagation of social and health insurance policies for religious people

09/12/2019 09:05 AM


Currently, in Hau Giang province, there are 18 organizations, religious denominations, 155 religious worship facilities, 217 folk belief establishments, 44 religious activities outside worship facilities, 2,259 dignitaries, offices and the equivalent of 206,000 religious followers.

Determining the advocacy of religious compatriots in the province to participate in social insurance and health insurance is an important task, over time, social insurance has coordinated with the Vietnam Fatherland Front in Hau Giang province to promote the main propaganda on social insurance and health insurance policies, especially voluntary social insurance and household health insurance, in order to raise the awareness of religious people about the Party and the State's humane social security policies and at the same time voluntarily participate and benefit from this policy.

Regarding Chau Thanh district, Hau Giang province in the last days of October, accompanying the inter-branch propaganda group of social insurance, Vietnam Fatherland Front and District Health Department only saw the determination of all levels and sectors in completing into assigned targets. With the support of Cai Chanh sect, especially of Father Nguyen Van Loi, the delegation conducted a propaganda session on health insurance policy at Cai Chanh Catholic Church (Phu An commune, Chau Thanh district) with a large number of members in the paarish attended.

Father Nguyen Van Loi shared: “In order for the parishioners to understand the practical benefits of participating in health insurance, at the Masses, we have cooperated with the district social insurance bodies to integrate the propagation of health insurance policy, up to now, dignitaries and assistants in the parish have participated fully in health insurance. It is known that in the coming time, Chau Thanh Social Insurance will continue to coordinate the propaganda of social insurance and health insurance policies to religious people.

Similar to the method of Chau Thanh district, Director of Chau Thanh A Social Insurance – Mr. Nguyen Hoang Chau said that since the beginning of the year, the district social insurance has coordinated with the Vietnam Fatherland Front to carry out propaganda and direct dialogue on policies on voluntary social insurance and household health insurance for nearly 200 dignitaries and prestigious people in the community, to join actively in the propagation and mobilization of religious people in particular and the people locally in general involved.

With determination to reach 100% of the people participating in health insurance, Political and Religious Affairs of Cao Dai, Bay Ngan town, Chau Thanh A district - Tran Ngoc Sanh said that on the first and the 15th day of the lunar month, in the ceremonies, we will integrate propaganda to the believers on health insurance policy.

“Mobilizing people in general and religious people in particular to participate in voluntary social insurance and household health insurance is a very important political task, requiring the cooperation of the authorities and dignitaries and officials who have a say in religious people. The propaganda and integration of social insurance and health insurance policies through religious ceremonies will contribute to maintaining and increasing the participation rate of social insurance and health insurance in Hau Giang province.”, Mr. Nguyen Trung Hau - Deputy Party Secretary Party Committee, Chairman of Bay Ngan Town People's Committee, Chau Thanh A district confirmed./.

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