Ho Chi Minh City sets goal of raising life expectancy to 77 by 2030
Ho Chi Minh City 12:25 27/08/2026Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of raising its residents’ average life expectancy to 77 years by 2030 as part of a new community healthcare development plan for the 2026-30 period.
Vietnam to get out of middle-income trap by 2058: OECD
Economy 19:00 26/09/2014It will take Vietnam 44 years to get out of the middle-income trap, according to a recent forecast of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Greying Japan set for canine nursing home
World 22:00 02/07/2014The facility in a Tokyo suburb is throwing open its doors to ageing dogs of all shapes and sizes with the promise of a comfortable retirement for the elderly canines, and their equally wrinkly human owners.