ageing population

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Only 40% of Vietnamese have seniority plans and work towards them: study

Vietnam will see an increase in its ageing population in the coming years, with people aged 60 and above estimated accounting for 29.8 million or 27.2 per cent of the population by 2050, according to HelpAge International.

Population policies needed to shift the birth rate

Nguyen Doan Tu, general director of the General Department for Population and Family Planning, spokeabout changes to the number of children per family   and the necessity of adjusting population policies in the country.

Coping with an ageing population

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Tiep, 86, considers the Hai Duong Social Sponsorship Centre her second home.

Ageing population at high risk of diabetes and related eye diseases

One year after a surgery for cataracts, 75-year-old Tran Thi Tuyet from the northern province of Nam Dinh is worried about her vision once again. Over the last few days, everything started to go blurry.

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Vietnam concerned by ageing population

 The country's population was ageing rapidly and had entered the "ageing phase", with many challenges to be addressed including income insecurity, inadequate social protection and limited healthcare capacity.