This research examines social insurance activities in Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi city. Specifically, it explores the actual situation of collection of social insurance contributions in the district through the activities of the district’s insurance agency: managing the participants, managing contribution rates, plans for collection of social insurance, management of social insurance contribution collection, management of social insurance contribution methods, checking and evaluating the collection organization. A qualitative research method was applied to this research by using a documentary analysis based on the local social insurance reports.

The findings from the research indicate that the causes of the arrears and evasion of social insurance contributions are due to the perception of social insurance participants, socioeconomic conditions, lack of social security law and the new sanctioning mechanism, which only stops administrative sanctions and is unable to quarantee the efficiency.

In order to improve the effectiveness of social insurance contribution collection in the district, the social insurance of Phu Xuyen district must closely follow employers, grasp the fluctuation of the labor force, salary and wages of the laborers, guide and mobilize to supervise and inspect the implementation of social insurance participation by employers and laborers. At the same time, they should advise on proposals for the most feasible measures for the Party Committee, the local authorities and the City's social insurance leaders, in order to promptly direct the establishments to well implement the social insurance policy.

One important aspect is the strengthening of the coordination between the social insurance agency and functional agencies and social organizations. The Social Insurance Agency has the best measures to promote the propaganda and advocacy for units and workers participating in social insurance. They should promote the application of information technology in the management of collection and payment of regimes and management of people participating in social insurance through social insurance cards to quickly solve the regimes and policies for laborers.

This research has contributed to the improvement of the management of collecting social insurance contributions in the locality and the continued reform of the social insurance policy framework in Vietnam to suit the social development.