On 24 December 2016, the Government issued Decree No 166/2016/ND-CP about electronic transactions in the field of social insurances, medical insurance and unemployment insurance, which include registration; providing social insurance books, health insurance card; settlement; payment of those insurances; assessment and payment of medical examination and treatment expenses; exchanging information which related to implementing policies of insurances.
Accordingly, agencies, organizations and individuals must make sure following conditions when implementing electronic transactions of social insurances:
– Having a valid digital certificate, which provided digital signature certificates as regulations. If individuals have no digital certificate, they are allowed to use the code of electronic transaction authentication provided by Vietnam Social Insurance department.
– Having the ability to access and use the Internet.
– Having stable E-mail address contact registered with the Vietnam Social Insurance.
The procedures of registering for electronic social insurance transaction methods are prescribed following:
Agencies, organizations and individuals involved in electronic social insurance transactions need to make the registration declaration of registering for electronic social insurance transaction methods according to set Form No. 01/DK-GD issued together with this Decision, and sent softcopy to portal or hardcopy to Vietnam Social Insurance department.
Within 3 working days from receiving the declaration, Vietnam social insurances department will announce and provide account to implement electronic transaction via E-mail address of agencies, organizations and individuals involved in electronic social insurance transaction.
Besides, Decree provides the regulations of changing procedures, adding registration information and stopping using electronic transaction methods.
This decree has taken effect from 1 March 2017.
