Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 48
Vietnam’s population is aging quickly. In 2017, more than 10 per cent of the population will be 60 and older, and in 15-20 years the elderly will account for one third of the total population. This concerns about healthcare, welfare and pensions for the elderly at a time when Vietnam is focusing on economic integration and requires a large labor force. So far two solutions have been proposed to loosen the two child policy and to increase the retirement age to 58 for women and 62 for men. By ending the two-child policy the government expects to make up for the aging population within the next 20 years. But its effect could be creating an uncontrollable boom in the Vietnamese population. When the government loosened the two-child policy in 2015 in a trial period, in the first 6 months of 2016 the third child birth rate increased significantly by 7.5 per cent
Raising the retirement age has been proposed by the Ministry of Labor pending evaluation evaluation in May 2017. While the policy is beneficial in utilizing the work experience of the elderly while creating savings in the elderly budget, it also means fewer job prospects and promotion opportunities for pension younger generations. It is also not in the interest of all the elderly, especially the 70 percent of Vietnam’s labor force working in manual labor-intensive sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and construction where working above the age of 50 can be dangerous and unproductive. Despite these drawbacks, raising the retirement age is still considered by policymakers as one of the key solutions to the aging population problem in Vietnam. However, these are only temporary solutions.
Question:
The best title for this passage could be _______.
Reference explanation:
Correct Answer:
Explain:
The most appropriate title for the passage is ________.
A. How to solve the aging population in Vietnam
B. Increasing retirement age in Vietnam
C. Vietnam struggles against population aging
D. Stop the two-child policy in Vietnam
Summary:
The paragraph opened by stating the current population situation and forecasted data in the future. Accordingly, Vietnam’s population tends to be aging. The author has outlined two solutions that are considered to be applied to solve this problem: loosening the two-child policy and increasing the retirement age. In addition, the passage also outlines the pros and cons of each solution. In conclusion, the author emphasizes that these are only temporary solutions, so we need to find many ways to solve this problem of population aging.
→ Vietnam fights against population aging
→ Choose the answer C
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