Japan’s shortage of workers has offered opportunities for Vietnamese labourers to work in the country. A good working environment together and high wages have helped guest workers improve their lives
More than 2.8 million elders across the country are receiving retirement pensions and social insurance benefits, while more than 1.5 million others benefit from monthly social allowance.
Cuba’s experiences with reform were highlighted at a seminar held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam on March 25 in Hanoi.
Vietnam should make proper preparations to take better care of the aging population that has been swelling up fast in recent years, according to health officials.
Demographic research on the impact of population change on economic growth in Vietnam pushes for improved productivity to counterbalance the influence of the aging population.
Limited human resources for socio-economic development is a major challenge in the economic development of the Mekong Delta, which plays a strategic role in food exports and national food security.
The Japanese government will launch a public-private consultation system with the ASEAN in the next fiscal year to help member nations cope with their aging populations.
The Vietnamese population will enter the “aging phase” in 2017, which is expected to create both opportunities and challenges for the country, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2.
Ho Chi Minh City is likely face numerous difficulties in population
management in the next five years due to a rapidly aging population, as
heard at a recent conference in the city.
In the next ten years, ten million Vietnamese will become senior
citizens, placing social welfare and middle-income-trap burdens on the
country, unveiled Professor Dr Nguyen Dinh Cu during a dialogue on
population policies held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 17.
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