More than 500 VNU students were informed about their rights and responsibilities when participating in social insurance and health insurance.

The seminar is within the framework of cooperation between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Vietnam Social Security to promote legal policies and social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance among students, thereby helping young people understand and correctly apply the State's regulations in this field.

The invited guests were experts: Ms. Tran Thi Thuy Nga (Vice President of the Association of Vocational Education and Social Work, former Director of the Department of Social Insurance - Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs) and Ms. Tong Thi Song Huong (Deputy Secretary General of the Vietnam Medical Association, former Director of the Department of Health Insurance - Ministry of Health). Many basic information were widely shared at the seminar: According to regulations, the health insurance contribution rate for students is 4.5% of the basic salary. The state budget supports 30% of the contribution rate, students pay the remaining 70%. The amount that a student currently pays for health insurance is 43,785 VND/month, the state budget supports 18,765 VND/month. Students can choose to pay for 3 months, 6 months or 12 months to the educational institution or school where the student is studying.

Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thi Thu Huong (Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication) welcomed the guests and students attending the seminar. As a leading university in Vietnam, the school pays attention to disseminating policies on social insurance and health insurance to students. The rate of students participating in health insurance in the 2018-2019 school year reached 98%. Student participation in health insurance is one of the criteria for assessing the level of completion of students' law compliance tasks and is a condition for graduation according to the regulations of Hanoi National University.

MSc. Nguyen Duc Toan - Deputy Director of the Communication Center, Vietnam Social Insurance spoke at the seminar. Many new and practical information about social insurance and health insurance for students were shared at the seminar: From 2021, students will be covered 100% of inpatient treatment costs nationwide. In case of medical examination and treatment without presenting complete procedures, the health insurance fund will pay directly at the social insurance agency within the scope and benefit level according to regulations. In case of participation for 5 consecutive years or more, they will enjoy higher health insurance benefits.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Hanh (Faculty of Philosophy) shared about how social insurance and health insurance have helped her and her family overcome difficult times in life and this is an excellent social security policy of our Party and State.

The students participated in the discussion, Q&A and interaction with the guests very enthusiastically. The discussion was a direct dialogue for experts to answer specific questions and situations about insurance types that students were interested in. The special point was that the discussion was organized and led by students studying in the school to contribute to expressing the students' thoughts, wishes and questions in a lively way.

Many students shared that they were soon aware of the benefits of social insurance and health insurance policies. The nature of social insurance is to ensure partial compensation or replacement of workers' income when they lose or reduce their income due to illness, maternity, work-related accidents, occupational diseases, unemployment, retirement age or death. Based on contributions to the social insurance fund organized by the State, health insurance is a form of insurance with a deeply shared community character applied in the field of medical examination, treatment and health care for everyone, not for profit, organized by the State and responsible subjects participating according to the provisions of the Law on Health Insurance. Along with economic development is the continuous growth of the social security system, especially the Social Insurance (SI) and Health Insurance (HI) policies, which have promoted their pivotal role in the social security system, actively contributing to social stability, realizing the goal of a rich people, a strong country, and a fair, democratic, and civilized society.

The atmosphere of the discussion was more joyful and lively thanks to the performances of students from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, especially the impressive performance of members of the Vovinam Club.

The guests shared that they were very impressed and happy with the interest of many students in the issue of social insurance and health insurance, proving that the awareness and understanding of young people about the State's policies are increasingly improved.

Students participate in minigames to test their knowledge of issues related to social insurance and health insurance.

The Organizing Committee gives gifts to students in the minigame