Vietnam aims for 60-year-olds to receive social benefits

Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said that Vietnam will reduce the age of receiving social benefits from 80 to 75 years old, and then to 60 years old so that all elderly people can benefit from the policy.

This is the goal stated by Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung when receiving Mr. Matthew David Jackson, new Chief Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam on September 26.

Minister Dao Ngoc Dung received Mr. Matthew David Jackson, Chief Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam at the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (Photo: Tong Giap).

At the meeting, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung highly appreciated UNFPA's support and coordination with Vietnam in research projects and expanding social protection policies for vulnerable groups, including the poor and the elderly.

According to the Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam always cares about and supports vulnerable groups with many practical policies. Specifically, during the Covid-19 period, Vietnam has allocated 120,000 billion VND to directly support more than 68 million people and 1.4 million employers facing difficulties. The support is mainly for workers in industrial parks, export processing zones, women giving birth, orphans, etc.

Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung (Photo: Tong Giap).

According to the Minister, in the near future, Vietnam will gradually reduce the age at which the elderly can enjoy social policies, from 80 years old to 75 years old, moving towards the age of 60 so that people past working age can have social protection.

Another direction is to transfer all social security to the pension insurance level so that when they get old, the elderly will have a pension.

"Over the past 10 years, Vietnam has mainly focused on social security issues, paying special attention to disadvantaged groups. Vietnam will strive to become an upper-middle-income country by 2030. At that time, Vietnam's vision for developing social policies and social welfare will be different, more comprehensive, inclusive, modern and sustainable.

At that time, Vietnam will not only stop at taking care of the disadvantaged but the whole society will benefit from the results of this policy," Minister Dao Ngoc Dung emphasized.

Minister Dao Ngoc Dung and the Chief Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam hope that the two sides will continue to cooperate in many new areas (Photo: Tong Giap).

The Minister also asked UNFPA to continue supporting research, development and implementation of policies related to gender equality; prevention and response to gender-based violence, prevention and adaptation to population aging...

The Commander of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs believes that with many years of experience and professional capacity, Mr. Matthew David Jackson will make positive contributions to promoting cooperation between UNFPA and Vietnam, especially in the fields of labor, employment and social security.

The Minister affirmed that, within its capacity, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is ready to support UNFPA and Mr. Matthew David Jackson personally in implementing cooperation activities in Vietnam.

Mr. Matthew David Jackson (middle) has just taken on the role of Chief Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Vietnam (Photo: Tong Giap).

After the sharing of Minister Dao Ngoc Dung, Mr. Matthew David Jackson thanked the head of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs for taking the time to meet him. He highly appreciated the outstanding achievements of Vietnam in general and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in particular in the fields of labor, employment and social security.

Regarding the Minister's proposals, the Chief Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Vietnam affirmed that UNFPA is ready to share and support Vietnam in ensuring social security.

Mr. Matthew David Jackson hopes that the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and Minister Dao Ngoc Dung will create favorable conditions for him to fulfill his duties in Vietnam. At the same time, he affirmed that UNFPA will continue to support Vietnam and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in more areas so that Vietnam can achieve its set social security goals.

Dan Tri

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