TABLE OF, CONTENT INTRODUCTION, OF THE THESISTABLE OF, CONTENT INTRODUCTION, OF THE THESISTABLE OF, CONTENT INTRODUCTION, OF THE THESISTABLE OF, CONTENT INTRODUCTION, OF THE THESISINTRODUCTION OF THE THESIS 1 The rationale of the thesis Vietnams progress during the past 30 years has been exceptional, according to Dr Le Dang Doanhs paper Vietnam after 30 years of renovation A.
INTRODUCTION OF THE THESIS The rationale of the thesis Vietnam's progress during the past 30 years has been exceptional, according to Dr Le Dang Doanh's paper "Vietnam after 30 years of renovation: Achievements and Prospects" (2016, p.26) Economic and political changes since 1986 have fostered fast and economic development Vietnam went from being one of the world's poorest countries to a low to middle-income country in a matter of years This statement is completely consistent with the data presented by Dr Dao Thu Hang (2020) in his overview of the Vietnamese economy: from 2002 to 2018, GDP per capita increased by 2.7 times, reaching more than US$2,700 in 2019 As a result, people's living standards and the quality of their health care have significantly improved Despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a large impact on Vietnam's economy in 2020, signals of our country's economic recovery remain encouraging and considerable, and people remain healthy Vietnam's GDP growth in 2020 is 2.9 percent, according to World Bank figures "Overview of Vietnam" (2021); Vietnam is one of the few nations in the world with a positive economic growth rate "Probable health concerns associated to the COVID-19 pandemic," according to doctor and researcher Paul Schuler (2021) According to the survey results recently released by Vietnam Report in 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has made people acutely aware of their own health risks, as evidenced by nearly 71 percent of insurers in Vietnam believing that the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic has significantly improved people's awareness and understanding of insurance Not only that, but the unpredictability of COVID-19's progression in Vietnam serves as a motivator for the government to push and urge individuals to get commercial health insurance The National Assembly agreed on the target of achieving a coverage rate of over 91 percent of the population by 2021 in the Resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2021, which was enacted on November 11, 2020 This is a lofty aim that, at the same time, emphasizes the need of commercial health insurance in the country's and world's current tough times With the goal of improving the