socio-economic development in adaptation with populating aging was held in Hanoi on December 14. Speaking at the event, head of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute for Family and Gender Studies Tran Thi Minh Thi said Vietnam is in the face of challenges caused by rapid population aging, including more expenses on health care, retirement, allowance and social welfare. As of the late 2017, the country was home to 11 million senior citizens, accounting for nearly 12 percent of the population, about 2 million of them aged above 80. Vietnam is forecast to enter the aging stage by...