Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed on a proposal to improve social welfare for the elderly, especially cultural institutions to serve their spiritual life.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fifth from the right, first line) and outstanding elder people (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed on a proposal to improve social welfarefor the elderly, especially cultural institutions to serve their spirituallife.
PM Phuc gave the nod on September29 while meeting leaders of the CentralCommittee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly and 30 outstanding oldpeople in Hanoi on the occasion of International Day for Old Persons (October1) and the Action Month for the Vietnamese Elderly.
The Government will continuestudying social welfare policies and mechanisms to bring into full playvaluable experience of the elderly, he said, stressing that strict punishmentswill be imposed on bad behaviours against old people as regulated in the Law onthe Elderly.
PM Phuc affirmed that during the resistancewars or peacetime, the elderly have always made great contributions and been abackbone of each family.
President of the VietnamAssociation of the Elderly Pham Thi Hai Chuyen revealed that the associationnow has over 100,000 chapters across the nation with 8.6 million members. Ofthe total, 1.24 million are joining Party, Front and study encouragementaffairs or working as heads of resident areas, hamlets and villages, while over5.7 million still earn their living.
Chuyen noted that one-third ofthe elderly has yet to benefit from social protection allowances or others, sothey need more attention from the State and society.
Vietnam is one of the fivecountries with the fastest aging rates in the world. The nation is home to 10.1million old people, or 11 percent of the population. The figure is forecast torise to 20 percent by 2038, equivalent to 20 million people.
Therefore, the associationproposed the Government carry out policies or institutions suitable for thepopulation aging.-VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fifth from the right, first line) and outstanding elder people (Source: VNA) 
