As of the end of March 2025, the whole province has more than 159,400 social insurance participants, accounting for more than 26% of the aging workforce. Of which, 136,800 people participated in compulsory social insurance, a decrease of nearly 4,000 people compared to the end of 2024; nearly 22,600 people participated in voluntary social insurance, a decrease of nearly 3,000 people.
In March 2025 alone, the provincial Social Insurance has processed 987 single-payment social insurance applications, showing that the demand for insurance withdrawals has increased after a long period of economic difficulties.
In Tra Bong district, as of the end of March 3, 2025, 2,536 participants in compulsory social insurance and 934 participants in voluntary social insurance. According to the social insurance of Tra Bong district, from the beginning of 2025 until now, many people call the social insurance agency to ask about the suspension and withdrawal of social insurance once. As of March 31, 2025, the district social insurance has resolved nearly 100 dossiers of social insurance once under the Law on Social Insurance 2014. Besides, the number of enterprises owed social insurance debt is increasing, with a total debt amount of more than 2.3 billion dong.
Similarly, in Son Ha district, the situation of stopping payment and withdrawing voluntary social insurance at one time also tends to increase. For example, Ms. Le Thi Thu Thao, in Lang Rao village, Son Thuy commune, Son Ha district, has participated in voluntary social insurance contributions for 2 years and 3 months, but recently went to the district social insurance to request a one-time social insurance withdrawal. Ms. Thao shared: "I used to participate in voluntary social insurance payments for both husband and wife, but recently I have had difficulties so I stopped participating and withdrew the money."
By the end of March 3, 2025, Son Ha district had 2,315 workers participating in compulsory social insurance, reaching 94.1% of the provincial plan; There are 1,723 people participating in voluntary social insurance, reaching 85% of the plan. Since the beginning of 2025, many people in the district have no stable jobs, some employees working at the company have lost their jobs and have no income, so they do not continue to participate in voluntary social insurance or ask for one -time social insurance withdrawal. In the district, in the past time, Nhat Hung Son Co., Ltd. used over 100 employees, but in 2024 the company had difficulties, had to cut over 95% of labor, currently only 10 people, leading to the number of participants in social insurance.
According to Mr. Dinh Xuan Tien - Director of Son Ha District Social Insurance, in the coming time, the District Social Insurance continues to urge employers to pay compulsory social insurance for workers; coordinate with associations, mass organizations and People's Committees of communes to organize customer conferences, closely follow the area to develop new participants. At the same time, assigning service organizations to regularly review the number of cases of stopping voluntary social insurance to mobilize them to participate again.
Mr. Trinh Quang Nghia - Deputy Director of Quang Ngai Social Insurance said that the provincial Social Insurance has directed the Social Insurance of districts and towns to focus on implementing solutions suitable to the conditions of each locality to develop social insurance participants, as well as "keep" workers in the social security system.
According to regulations, in case of immediate difficulties, employees can reserve the time they have paid social insurance so that when they have the conditions, they can continue to participate in compulsory social insurance or voluntary social insurance. In addition, the amended and supplemented Law on Social Insurance 2024 - effective from July 1, 2025 - has added many regulations to expand and increase benefits for employees, helping employees have more opportunities to receive pensions.
