VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Manh Duy, 35, a resident of Ha Noi’s Nam Tu Liem District, can’t be bothered with getting a health insurance card.

New report reveals that widespread fraud by both healthcare institutions and patients have cost health insurance funds some VND3 trillion ($132 million) in the first four months of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's current poverty reduction policies have failed to motivate self-reliance among target beneficiaries and made them over-reliant on Government support, some officials warn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Governmental decision to support impoverished people suffering from serious illness came into effect six months ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Social Insurance Agency (VSIA) has discovered that over 800,000 health insurance cards in 43 provinces and cities nationwide from 2010 to 2012 were wrongfully issued.