Keyword: "Resolution No. 21-NQ/TW"

According to the Ministry of Construction, Vietnam has around 2,500 old apartment blocks and collective housing complexes built before 1994, covering about 3 million square metres of floor space, mainly in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Of these, around 196 have been classified as severely deteriorated and unsafe.

Vietnamese people have a relatively long life expectancy but many elderly have to 'co-habit' with different illnesses for many years.