Strengthening the organization of the Working Committee of the Elderly Association of Nghe An province

(Baonghean) - On the afternoon of December 7, under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong, the Provincial People's Committee held a Conference of the Working Committee of the Association of the Elderly of Nghe An province; summarizing the activities of the Working Committee in the period 2011 - 2016 and deploying tasks for the period 2017 - 2021.

Overview of the conference.

The Working Committee of the Association of the Elderly for the period 2017 - 2021 includes: Mr. Le Minh Thong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Head of the Committee; Mr. Nguyen Dang Duong, Deputy Director of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs - Permanent Deputy Head of the Committee; Mr. Cao Dang Vinh - Chairman of the Association of the Elderly of Nghe An - Deputy Head of the Committee and 19 members who are representatives of leaders of relevant departments, branches, sectors and unions.

The Provincial Elderly Work Committee is responsible for assisting the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee in researching, proposing directions, tasks, solutions and a 5-year plan to implement the work of caring for and promoting the role of the elderly; directing and coordinating activities between departments, branches; People's Committees of districts, cities; towns and related organizations in developing plans and implementing work for the elderly and the National Action Program on the Elderly in each period; summarizing, concluding and periodically reporting to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the Vietnam National Committee for the Elderly on the implementation of the work of caring for and promoting the role of the elderly...

Anh Son District Population and Family Planning Center in collaboration with the Young Doctors Club of the District General Hospital provided free eye examinations for the elderly in Vinh Son Commune, Anh Son District. (Photo by Huyen Trang).

At the conference, delegates discussed many enthusiastic and substantive opinions to complete the draft working regulations of the Working Committee of the Association of the Elderly for the period 2017 - 2021, contributing to the implementation of the National Action Program on the Elderly for the period 2013 - 2020 in Nghe An province. In which, some points in the regulations were emphasized such as: Adding to the working regulations of the Working Committee in mobilizing and propagating people to fully implement the Law on the Elderly; supplementing operating funding sources...

Comrade Le Minh Thong delivered a concluding speech at the conference.

Concluding the conference, comrade Le Minh Thong acknowledged and highly appreciated the results of the activities of the Elderly Association Working Committee in the period of 2011 - 2016. At the same time, he emphasized that the work of protecting and caring for the elderly has been, is and will be considered by the Party, State and Government as one of the top important tasks. Meanwhile, in reality, our province has a large area, a large elderly population, and although the conditions for elderly health care have been given attention by the Party Committee and the Government, compared to other localities, there are still certain disadvantages.

In addition, the population aging rate is increasing rapidly and it is forecasted that by 2035, Vietnam will be a country with an aging population. Therefore, the Working Group will continue to closely follow the tasks and solutions to effectively implement the care and support of the elderly from now to 2021. From there, create conditions for the elderly to promote their intelligence and experience, create conditions for the elderly to effectively participate in cultural, social, educational, economic and political activities in accordance with their wishes, needs and abilities; fully implement the rights and obligations of the elderly./.

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