Member of the Provincial and district-level Committees for Elderly Affairs in Vietnam

 Member of the Provincial and district-level Committees for Elderly Affairs in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Member of the Provincial and district-level Committee for Elderly Affairs

1.1. Member of the Provincial Committee for Elderly Affairs

Members of the Provincial Committee for Elderly Affairs include:

- Head of the Committee: Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee;

- Standing Deputy Head: Director of Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs;

- Deputy Head: Head of the Representative Board of the Provincial Association of Elderly;

- The members are representatives of the agency's leadership:

+ Department of Home Affairs;

+ Office of the People's Committee;

+ Department of Finance;

+ Department of Health;

+ Department of Planning and Investment;

+ Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism;

+ Department of Information and Communications;

+ Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

+ Department of Transport;

+ Department of Education and Training;

+ Department of Justice;

+ Department of Construction;

+ Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (for the provincial level, there is a Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs);

+ Provincial Social Insurance;

+ Relevant organizations at the provincial level, including: Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; Provincial Farmers' Association; Provincial Veterans Association; Provincial Labor Confederation; Provincial Women's Union; Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh province.

(Clause 1, Article 3 of Circular 08/2014/TT-BNV)

1.2. Member of the district-level Committee for Elderly Affairs

Members of the district-level Elderly Working Committee include:

- Head of the Committee: Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of the district;

- Standing Deputy Head: Head of Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs;

- Deputy Head of the Committee: Head of the Representative Board of the District-level Elderly Association;

- The members are representatives of the agency's leadership:

+ Department of Internal Affairs;

+ The Office of the People's Council and the People's Committee or the Office of the People's Committee where the pilot does not hold the People's Council;

+ Department of Finance - Planning;

+ Health Department;

+ Department of Culture and Information;

+ Department of Education and Training;

+ Department of Justice;

+ Department of Economy and Infrastructure and Division of Agriculture and Rural Development for districts, or Department of Economy and Office of Urban Management for districts, towns, and cities of the province;

+ Division of Ethnic Minority Affairs (for district level, the Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs is established);

+ Social insurance at district level;

+ Relevant organizations at district level, including: District Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; District Farmers' Association; District Veterans Association; District Labor Confederation; District Women's Union; and Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh district.

(Clause 2, Article 3 of Circular 08/2014/TT-BNV)

2. Tasks of the Provincial Committee for Elderly Affairs in Vietnam

2.1. Tasks of the Provincial Committee for Elderly Affairs

The Provincial Committee for Elderly Affairs helps the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee:

- Research and propose orientations, 5-year and annual plans, tasks, and solutions to care for and promote the role of the elderly;

- Direct and coordinate activities between departments, branches, district-level People's Committees, and relevant organizations in the formulation of plans, implementation of work on the elderly, and the National Action Program on the elderly in each period;

- Direct the implementation of international cooperation activities on the care and promotion of the role of the elderly in the locality;

- Urge, inspect, and evaluate the activities of relevant departments, branches, district-level People's Committees and organizations in the implementation of the provisions of the law and policies to support the elderly. Preliminarily, summarizing and periodically reporting to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the National Committee of the Elderly of Vietnam on the performance of care and promotion of the role of the elderly.

(Clause 1, Article 2 of Circular 08/2014/TT-BNV)

2.2. Tasks of the district-level Committee for Elderly Affairs in Vietnam

The district-level Elderly Affairs Committee assists the district-level People's Committee Chairman:

- Implement the implementation of 5-year and annual plans, tasks, and solutions to care for and promote the role of the elderly;

- Direct and coordinate activities between specialized agencies under the People's Committee of the district and the People's Committee of the commune and relevant organizations in the formulation of plans, implementation of work on the elderly, and the National Action Program on the elderly in each period;

- Coordinate with relevant agencies to carry out international cooperation activities on the care and promotion of the role of the elderly in the locality;

- Urge, inspect, and evaluate the activities of agencies under the district-level People's Committees and commune-level People's Committees and related organizations in the implementation of law provisions and policies to support the elderly. Preliminarily, summarize and periodically report to the Chairman of the district-level People's Committee and the provincial-level Elderly Working Committee on the implementation of care and promotion of the role of the elderly.

(Clause 2, Article 2 of Circular 08/2014/TT-BNV)

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