VN citizens to have health dossiers
Pham Luong Son, deputy director general of the Viet Nam Social Insurance Agency speaks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) newspaper about his agency’s plans to have a health dossier for all Vietnamese citizens. Why does your agency want to create a health dossier for all Vietnamese citizens? Viet Nam has a very good grass roots health system nationwide. This system has been highly acclaimed by the World Health Organisation. Before our economy became a market economy, we already had a good system of primary health care nationwide. Now, in a market economy, the primary health care system has faced many challenges, particularly financing. In our country, spending on grass roots healthcare is low compared to many other countries and many people don’t see the advantages of having health insurance. Meanwhile, human resources at grass roots levels are weak and in great shortage. This is one of the reasons why hospitals and health clinics at central levels are overcrowded.
