Vietnam

Did you know

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is home to Son Doong, the largest cave in the world. (source)

Elders in numbers

of people are 65 or older

9.5%

people aged 65 or older

9.6M

will be 65 or older in 2050

20%

is how long people live after 60, on average

20 years

of people 65+ live alone

11.2%

women 14.3%, men 6.7%

of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like

0.3%

Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2020; UN, 1989 census

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Languages

112 languages, 56 of them endangered

• AremCritically endangered
• BihCritically endangered
• Red GelaoCritically endangered
• Budeh StiengSeverely endangered
• CôôngSeverely endangered
• Green GelaoSeverely endangered
• LahaSeverely endangered
• MangSeverely endangered
• O’duSeverely endangered
• QabiaoSeverely endangered
• White GelaoSeverely endangered
• Bulo StiengDefinitely endangered

Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.

UNESCO intangible heritage

• Craft of making Đông Hồ Folk woodblock printings2025
• Festival of Bà Chúa Xứ Goddess at Sam Mountain2024
• Art of pottery-making of Chăm people2022
• Art of Xòe dance of the Tai people in Viet Nam2021
• Practices of Then by Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups in Viet Nam2019
• Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam2017
• The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam2017
• Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms2016

List and years: ich.unesco.org