Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long signed a decision approving the National Strategy for the Elderly until 2035, with a vision toward 2045, that aims to enhance employment opportunities, healthcare, social welfare, and community engagement for senior citizens as Vietnam faces an aging population.

The Vietnamese Party and State always attach importance to caring for the elderly, including senior women, considering them a critical resource for social welfare and national development, President Luong Cuong told a delegation of distinguished senior women representing over 9 million elderly women nationwide at a meeting in Hanoi on December 6.

After the three-year implementation, Japanese-funded Project VIE 071 on “Reducing Income- and Health-Related Vulnerability of Older Persons in Vietnam” has resulted in positive changes in caring for the elderly in the northern province of Hoa Binh, one of its six target localities.

VOV.VN - Two elderly people in central Ha Tinh province has suffered from heatstroke and died when venturing out during the height of the ongoing heat wave in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong extended his best new year wishes to elderly people, planted trees, and visited Co Loa ancient citadel during his trip to Dong Anh district in Hanoi on February 20.

VOV.VN - Chilly weather conditions in Hanoi have caused the number of elderly people and children sent to hospital for respiratory illness increase.

VOV.VN - Each elderly person at the Number 3 Social Protection Center in Hanoi has a unique life story. Without their relatives, they celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 in a special way.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in the northern province of Hung Yen on October 1 in response to the Action Month for the Vietnamese Elderly, on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of thousands of elderly, children, handicapped people in Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue provinces have been brought to safe places before super typhoon Noru hits the mainland on September 27 night.

The increasing demand for services for the elderly has created investment and business opportunities for local and foreign investors.