From July 2025, will the Village Chief be covered by the State for health insurance?

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 6, Article 33 of Decree 33/2023/ND-CP stipulates: Part-time workers in villages and residential groups with no more than 03 positions (including Party Cell Secretary, Village Head or Residential Group Head, Head of the Front Working Committee) are entitled to monthly allowances. In case the Law has other provisions, it shall be implemented according to the provisions of that law.

Point 4, Clause 10, Article 1, Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance 2024 (effective from July 1, 2025) stipulates that groups that are supported by the State budget for health insurance contributions include:

a) People from near-poor households;

b) Students;

c) People participating in the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level;

d) People from households engaged in agriculture, forestry, fishery and forestry have an average standard of living according to the provisions of law;

d) Village and hamlet health workers; village and hamlet midwives;

e) Part-time workers in villages and residential groups as prescribed by law;

g) Ethnic minorities living in communes determined to no longer be in areas with difficult or especially difficult socio-economic conditions will be supported by the state budget to pay health insurance according to Government regulations;

h) People awarded the title of People's Artist or Meritorious Artist according to the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage;

i) Victims according to the provisions of the Law on Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking.

Thus, from July 1, 2025, the Village Chief will continue to receive payment support from the State, not 100% health insurance from the State.