On December 3, 2020, Decision No.1666/QD-BHXH was issued by the Vietnam Social Security. Accordingly, the Health Insurance card form will be changed. As follows:

1. Size: Length 85. 60 mm, width 53. 98 mm, according to the card’s outer edge frame. This size is much more compact than the old health insurance card form.
2. Material: Using 180g/m2 white paper, ensuring durability and gloss.
3. Appearance: White background, blurred logo of Social Insurance logo in cobalt blue with spreading circles, decreasing color, distance from the center of Social Insurance logo to the outermost circle is 14 mm; outside there is a cobalt blue double stroke frame. 
4. Card number: Will be printed with10 characters of the social insurance code of the insured instead of the 15-digit serial number as before. 
5. The back of the card: Records the contents related to the thing to pay attention to as well as the information to look up, access or answer problems for people participating in health insurance.

In addition, this Decision also provides for the transition clause, accordingly, for printed health insurance card according to the provisions of Decision No.1313/QD-BHXH dated December 2, 2014 of the General Director of Vietnam Social Insurance regarding the issuance of the form of health insurance card that has not been used up until the effective date of this Decision, continues to be used and issued to the subjects participating in health insurance and waiting for the replacement of the health insurance card as prescribed in the Decision, the health insurance card issued to a participant of health insurance is still valid and will continue to be used for medical examination and treatment (medical treatment) under the health insurance. 

This Decision takes effect from April 1, 2021