Lecturer:  Doctor Dang Thi Viet Phuong – Institute of Sociology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

On March 28, in Hanoi, The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a lecture on “Social Participation of Japanese Elderly Citizens and Some Policy Implications for Vietnam” by Doctor Dang Thi Viet Phuong, from the Institute of Sociology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. This lecture is a part of the mini lecture series “Close-up Japan”.

Japan has the highest proportion of elderly citizens in the world. The population aging process in Japan began in early 1990s as a result of the post-war baby-boom. Vietnam officially entered the population aging period in 2017, but the aging rate of Vietnam is currently among the fastest countries in the world. Lessons and experiences of population aging and of the aged population in Japan can be good lessons for Vietnam in the very near future.

This lecture provides participants with a closer look at one aspect of Japanese aged society: the social participation of Japanese elderly citizens. The lecture gave participants brief information on population and aging in Japan. Policy recommendations for the elderly in Vietnam based on Japanese experiences can be helpful for Vietnamese policy makers, agencies and organizations working for the elderly, and possibly be research ideas for students and researchers who are interested in this topic.

If this topic is of your concern and interest, please register to join our lecture by using the form below.

■ Event Information

Date:                     28 March 2021 (Sunday) 09:00 – 11:00

Venue:                  The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

(27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi)

Language: Vietnamese (no interpretation)

Admission free, pre-register from here: http://bit.do/Tham-gia-xa-hoi-NCT

Number of participants: maximum of 30 people.

■ Lecturer Profile

Dr. Dang Thi Viet Phuong is a sociologist, currently working at the Institute of Sociology (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences). She is also an inviting lecturer in Area Studies at Vietnam Japan University. She earned her PhD in Senshu University (Japan).

In her 20 years’ experience doing research in Vietnam and other societies in the region, Dr. Dang is interested in doing research on: social welfare, civic sector and rural development. Many of her research works have been published domestically and internationally.

Her recent significant publications include: the paper “Ancestor Worship and Quality of Life: Transforming Bonds with the Deceased in Contemporary Japan” (co-authored, in Quality of Life in Japan- Contemporary Perspectives on Happiness, 2019); the chapter “Vietnam” (co-authored, in Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia, 2018); the article “Vietnamese Civic Organisations: Supporters of or Obstacles to Further Democratisation? Results from an Empirical Survey” (co-authored, in Journal of Current Southeast Asia Affairs, 2016). Dr. Dang is also single author of the book The collective life: The sociology of voluntary associations in North Vietnamese rural areas (2015).

Dr. Dang has received grants from the Japan Foundation to study and research on population decline, the aged population and associational life of the elderly in Japan.

Her current research project focuses on the transition from passive aging to proactive aging of the elderly in the context of rapid population aging in Vietnam today. This study looks at the living-with-aging experiences of the old people in Japan to seek for policy implications for Vietnamese elderly in the near future.

■ For inquiries on the lecture, please contact at:

Ms. Ha (Ext. 136) / Ms. Sugisaki (Ext. 160)
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam       TEL 024-3944-7419    www.jpf.org.vn
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