Open AccessFormation and Development of Policies to Facilitate the Improvement of Elderly Persons in Vietnam
Author(s) -
Huu Hoang Nguyen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
contemporary problems of social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-5466
pISSN - 2412-527X
DOI - 10.17922/2412-5466-2020-6-4-67-73
Subject(s) - vietnamese , economic growth , population ageing , resource (disambiguation) , state (computer science) , perspective (graphical) , public policy , business , population , development economics , political science , economics , medicine , environmental health , computer network , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science
in 2011, Vietnam officially entered the period of “population aging” but is still a poor and developing country. The current policy approach towards the Vietnamese elderly differs from the prevailing one in which the state should have the responsibility to improve quality and provide social protection for the lives of the elderly; by making them relatively passive beneficiaries of their policies. This research brings a relatively new perspective when realizing that the elderly are an important resource in the development of the country. To adopt policies to promote the maximize their role in all areas of public life with the goal of creating a generation of the elderly “actively adapting” to the rapidly aging population. Through research and analysis of historical and legal documents, these results show that the current “positive” and “active” elderly policy approach in Vietnam is necessary