Chỉ thị 34/1998/CT-TTg

DIRECTIVE No.34/1998/CT-TTg of September 30, 1998 on the organization of activities in the International Year of the Aged

To widely propagate the significance and purpose of the International Year of the Aged.

Regarding the care for the aged: The People's Committees at all levels shall direct the functional agencies and units under their respective management to pay constant attention to and well carry out the work of caring for the aged in their respective localities. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall coordinate with the Ministry of Justice and the concerned ministries and branches in revising the current legal documents on the regimes and policies toward the aged, in order to propose new ones for timely promulgation or appropriate amendments and supplements.

To assign the ministries and branches with specific responsibilities for carrying out activities relating to the aged, the Society of the Aged and the activities on the occasion of the International Year of the Aged.- (Summary)