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Asia's latest success story isn't here.

Or even here.

It's Vietnam.

This Southeast Asian nation is experiencing a period of rapid economic growth.

But as the country grows richer, it is also growing older.

The government has set a target of reaching upper-middle income status by 2030 and high income status by 2045.

This means that by 2045, Vietnam needs to have an income per capita that is 3.3 times higher than what it is now.

In a race against the clock, can Vietnam get rich before it gets old?

This sentiment among young people in Vietnam has experts and the government worried.

Fewer couples are deciding to have children.

Vietnam's fertility rate sank to a record low of 1.91 births per woman in 2024,

a figure that puts it below the replacement rate of 2.1.

In 2034, we will be an age country where we will reach 14% of the population aged 65 and over.

But at that time, from now to there, only eight years.

So we expect to be a high-income country or not.

It depends on how we grow from now until then.

Vietnam's aging population woes could mean big problems down the line, as the country has evolved into a global manufacturing powerhouse.

It has a strategic geographical location and low labor costs, which have proved advantageous in trade wars.

U.S imports from China have plummeted since the Trump administration's first trade war.

The annualized figure of 550 billion U.S dollars in 2018 was down to 270 billion dollars by early 2026.

In contrast, imports from Vietnam surged from 50 billion U.S dollars to $240 billion during the same period.

But the falling number of working-age people could prove to be a chokehold on its booming manufacturing industry.

Last year, Vietnam scrapped its long-standing two-child policy.

Its new population law, which took effect on July 1st, is designed to nudge couples towards having larger families.

The legislation offers things like seven months of maternity leave for a second child, lower costs for prenatal and newborn screenings,

cash bonuses of up to 6 million dong, and priority housing for young parents who have two children before the age of 35.

But will it be enough to reverse the population decline?

It's a big issue that is to help people to live their children.

That's a big issue to encourage everyone, children to live their children.

But there are some points that the money is not enough, so the movement is not enough.

It's enough to encourage everyone to live.

Vietnam is looking to solve another problem that could potentially keep it from hitting its 2045 financial target.

The country's informal workforce makes up around 63% of the total labor force.

That means well over 33 million workers operate outside formal regulatory frameworks.

And they don't have pensions set up for when they retire.

Ministry of Home Affairs also tries the best to include people from the informal sector to the social protection system.

As you know, informal workers usually don't participate in any social insurance system.

And if they don't participate, meaning that they will get owed without any kind of social protection benefit.

And it will become like a very huge burden for the future generation to pay tax in order to support them.

The United Nations Population Fund found that 76% of Vietnam's elderly population do not have pensions.

Vietnam revised its social insurance law in July 2025 to specifically bring informal,

part-time and household workers under the national safety net.

The revision reduced the minimum number of years required to contribute to social insurance from 20 to 15,

making it more possible for aging informal workers to secure a future retirement pension.

Last year we had Resolution 72 by the Central Party saying that we have universal healthcare for everyone.

And we have a particular program for taking care of older persons.

So we hope that older persons will be accessed more easily to all healthcare services at different places in Vietnam.

And then they can improve their health status.

So, can Vietnam break the trend and continue to get richer as it gets older?

Dong says yes, so long as it plays its cards right.

If we have a healthy older person, I don't think that is a really big concept.

Because healthy older person, they continue contributing to the country.

Because they are healthy, so we will not have health care costs as much as we expect

if the older person is sick.

That is why it depends on how older person at the time of Vietnam reached the age population threshold.

We will see whether Vietnam faces a lot of problems or maybe opportunities for each population.

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這段影片共有 56 個句子、770 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 5:59。說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 129 個詞，很適合跟讀。 84% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
informal 形容詞	/ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/	非正式
worker 名詞	/ˈwɝ.kɚ/	工人, 工作者
pension 名詞	/ˈpɛnʃən/	養老金 /養老金, 退休金
encourage 動詞	/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/	鼓勵 /鼓勵, 激勵 /激勵
participate 動詞	/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/	參加 /參加
contribute 動詞	/kənˈtɹɪb.jut/	貢獻 /貢獻
depend 動詞	/dɪˈpɛnd/	信任, 信賴 /信賴
import 名詞	/ˈɪm.pɔɹt/	進口貨 /進口貨, 舶來品 /舶來品
dong 名詞	/dɔŋ/	盾, 越南盾
universal 形容詞	/ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/	宇宙的
contrast 名詞	/kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/	對比度
bonus 名詞	/ˈbəʊ.nəs/	額外收獲 /額外收穫
formal 形容詞	/ˈfɔɹməl/	正式
strategic 形容詞	/stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/	戰略的 /戰略的
solve 動詞	/sɒlv/	解決 /解決

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	發音	釋義
make up 動詞	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	組成 /組成

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	has set · has evolved · have proved
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	is designed · will be accessed

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 5 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 don't, isn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: pension /ˈpɛnʃən/, contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, threshold /ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld/, revision /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/
長單詞——注意重音位置: participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, regulatory /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/

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先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 informal, worker, pension 這類單詞。

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