There are now 89,288 elderly people aged 60 years old and above in Da Nang, accounting for 8.53% of the total population. 19,139 of them are receiving monthly allowances of between 350,000 VND and 1,050,000 VND from the city authorities. In addition, these beneficiaries get free health insurance cards.

Local elderly people doing physical exercise

Over recent years, the city authorities have paid special attention to caring for the elderly with a focus on taking care of their health and enhancing their spiritual life.

The city is now home to 3 care centres for single elderly people which are caring for a total of 185 with the monthly allowance of between 1.08 and 1.2 million VND each.

Every year, commune and ward-level medical stations provide free medical examinations and treatment for the elderly in their localities. Free at-home health check-ups are given to thousands of the elderly. 

Moreover, fare discounts and exemptions are offered to the elderly people when they visit historical relic sites, museums and tourist attractions across the city.

In particular, the elderly can enjoy fare exemptions at the Museum of Da Nang, 50% discount at the Museum of Cham Sculpture and the Marble Mountains, and 25% off at the Luong and Hoa streams, and Hoa Phu Thanh tourist sites.

Since 2014, the diamond and golden wedding anniversaries have been held in Son Tra District’s Man Thai Ward. The purpose is to honour typical examples for happy marriage, which help encourage locals to build a cultural and civilised urban lifestyle.

Currently, there are now a total of 359 clubs for the elderly. Included are the physical exercise, table tennis, Chinese chess, musical and poetry writing clubs. They are very attractive to the senior citizens.

To date, all communes and wards across the city have established health care and consultancy clubs for the elderly. 100% of local families with elderly people had their downgraded houses repaired or rebuilt, and the construction cost was funded by the city budget.

Mr Le Van Kien, Head of the city’s Elderly People’s Association, remarked that Da Nang is the first locality in Viet Nam to have no elderly people living in downgraded houses, to have health care and consultancy clubs for the elderly in all 56 communes and wards, and to have monthly allowances for the elderly higher than that stipulated by national government.