VOV.VN - Vietnam is entering one of the world’s fastest aging phases, straining its welfare, health care, and economy. Yet, experts believe proper planning can turn this challenge into an opportunity for sustainable social reform.

A prolonged low birth rate is forecast to directly impact the size and structure of the population, leading to consequences such as labour shortages, rapid population aging, and population decline.

Vietnam is working to improve its fertility rate as the country is facing the risks of an aging population as well as losing its “golden population” phase that affect the socio-economic development.

Vietnam, which is experiencing a period of population aging, is seeking ways to turn the situation into opportunities by optimising the strengths of senior citizens.

VOV.VN - The Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences held an international symposium on September 16 in Hanoi to discuss the impact of an aging population on economic development.

A new partnership between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam and the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) was signed on August 25.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 25 sent a letter to the population sector to commemorate its 60th anniversary (December 26).

An international workshop on active aging, innovation and application of digital technology in care for older persons in ASEAN was held in Hanoi on November 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economic growth could slow as its population ages, squeezing public finance and stressing the service delivery system, unless timely reforms are set in motion, a new World Bank report finds.

It takes Vietnam only 20 years to transform from 7% to 14% of the population aged 65 and over.