Plan in communicating information and implementation of the Law on the Elderly and the practice of caring for the elderly in 2013.

The purpose of the Plan in to assess performance and results from deployment of the Law on the Elderly; policies of the Party and State concerning the Elderly; implement effectively the dissemination of preferential policies of the State for the Elderly in order to raise awareness of the responsible departments and levels in the practice of caring for, and as a result, to promote the role of the Elderly, to canvass for support of all levels of all units, agencies, social organizations and participation of all citizens; increase duration, information coverage in the press about issues related to the Elderly; timely, accurately, vividly inform and carry out the Law on the Elderly and the work of caring for the elderly; promote the advantages of this kind of genre for qualitative journalism in the effective dissemination of information.

The content and the results of the plan highlight the positive impact of the implementation of the Law on the Elderly; preferential policies of the Party and State for the Elderly, caring practice and promoting the role of the Elderly over time. Timely praise the Elderly who work well, live happily, and lead a useful life as well as the contribution of older people in the development of the country. Effectively inform the dissemination of important date such as the establishment of The Elderly Association (May 10^th), International Day of the Elderly May 1^st.

The plan also gives out implementation guidelines. The Ministry of Information and Communications in collaboration with relating ministries to direct the press to propagandize the implementation of the Law on the Elderly and the caring practice for the Elderly; assess the quality and effectiveness of propaganda of the press.

Press agencies both at central and local level actively build the plan to advocate the programs in a practical, effective way by offering out specialized sites, regular articles, innovate the ways media content is directed towards the Elderly.

The Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Radio - Television center in provinces and cities directly under the Central Government management to increase duration of radio programs, television, public information about the Elderly, focusing on: introducing health care models for the elderly which are being deployed effectively in Vietnam, the portrait of the good, the well-living for the Elderly and the contribution of older people in the development of the country. In addition, the Ministry of Information and Communications request that press agencies urgently continue to implement effectively the above content and aggregate results report made ​​to the Ministry of Information and Communications in mid-December 2013.

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