MEV-MEJ FORUM
SHARING EXPERIENCESIN ADAPTATION TO AGEING
AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
BETWEEN JAPAN - VIETNAM
Ha Noi, 29/08/2023

MEV-MEJ FORUM
SHARING EXPERIENCES IN ADAPTATION TO AGEING
AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY BETWEEN JAPAN - VIETNAM

Ozganized by:General Office for Population and Family Planning, Ministry of HealthCo-operated by:Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Medical Exellence Japan (MEJ)MEV-MEJ FORUM ON SHARING EXPERIENCES IN ADAPTATION TO AGEING
AND CARE FOR ELDERLY BETWEEN JAPAN AND VIET NAM
29/8/2023, Hà Nội, Việt Nam
1. Background
Population ageing is a global phenomenon and one of the rapidly demographic changes on theplanet today. Countries are experiencing an increase in both of the size and proportion of elderly
people in their total population, especially developing countries in the world.
Viet Nam has begun the population ageing period since 2011 with the number of elderly (at aged
65+ years old) accounted for 7% total population. In 2021, the number of elderly people in Vietnam
accounted for 8.3% of the total population, equal 8,16 million elderly¹. According to the population
projection, the number of elderly people in Viet Nam will be increased to 16.8 million people in 2039
and reached 25.2 million people in 2069. Viet Nam will enter an aged period by 2036, when as, theproportion of the population at aged 65+ years old is 14.2% of the total population. Viet Nam willenter the super-old age after 20 years (2036-2055). The proportion of the population aged 65+ in
2056 and 2069 will be accounted for 21.1% and 21.5% of the total population, respectively. If in 2019,
there was every 2 children for one elderly, then 50 years later (year 2069), there will be every 2
children for 3 elderly people²!
Population ageing bring both of opportunities and challenges in terms of socio-economic
development. As for opportunities, ageing can promote the development of ﬁelds such as
insurance, banking, nutrition, tourism, technological innovation, and application of science andtechnology to production or management in the context of economic growth, shortage of labor
force…
However, aging also brings serious challenges in terms of economic growth, social security,labor, infrastructure design, etc., especially in the healthcare sector. Elderly often has many
non-communicable diseases that require lifelong treatment such as blood pressure,cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental disorders etc.
Japan is a super aged country. In 2022, the number of elderly (at aged 65+ years old) is 36.2
million people, accounting for 29% of the total population in Japan³. It is projected that, the numberof elderly people will be increased to 37.3 million people, but accounts for 31% of the total
population of Japan by 2030 (due to the decrease in fertility, the population size also decreases)⁴
and will be continue to increase to 40% of the total population by 2060⁵.
Japan is a country with a lot of experiences in building an aging population society such as
restructuring the health system, geriatric care, building and managing elderly care facilities,
making policies on social security, labor, infrastructure design and the promotion of the role, caring
for the elderly... Experiences from Japan will be valuable lessons for Viet Nam in building a healthy,
active aging society.
TCTK, Điều tra biến động DS-KHHGĐ 1/4/2021
TCTK, Dự báo dân số Việt Nam giai đoạn 2019-2069
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Population Reference Bureau, 2022 World Population Data Sheet
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3Base of the beautiful cooperation between Viet Nam and Japan in the ﬁeld of health-population,
the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP), Ministry of Health (Viet Nam),
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and Medical Excellence JAPAN (MEJ)
together holding the MEV-MEJ Forum on Sharing Experiences in Adaptation to Ageing and Care forElderly between Japan and Viet Nam.
2. Objectives:- To delve into the challenges for aging in Viet Nam and to share experiences, lesson learns in
adaptation to ageing and care for elderly between Japan and Viet Nam;
- To discuss on the possible collaborative project ideas between Viet Nam and Japan for the aging
society
3. Contents: The detail agenda as an enclosed ﬁle.
3.1. Opening:
The Workshop warmly welcome the opening remarks by leader of General Office for Population andFamily Planning, Ministry of Health (Viet Nam) and leader of Medical Excellence JAPAN.
3.2. Policy Discussion:
The session is combined: (Part 1.1) Current Challenges for Ageing Society in Viet Nam; (Part 1.2)
Comprehensive Measures for Aged Society in Japan; (Part 1.3) Discussion. The session focuses on theoverview (including the trend) of ageing and health status of elderly in Viet Nam. Ageing not only brings
challenges but also opportunities for socio-economic development such as in insurance,
ﬁnance-banking, health care, nutrition, tourism, etc will be discussed in this session. The session also in
deeply discuss on the experiences and lesson learns in adaptation and building an aged society in Japansuch as the evolution of Japan's medical and nursing insurance systems, social determinants to address
health disparities in the aging or related business development for aging.
3.3. Practical Dialogue: Elderly-centered community and well-being
The session focuses on the current status of geriatric care in Viet Nam, the role and participation of
the private sector in care for elderly as well as the community-based care for elderly with an example
from Ho Chi Minh city, examples of care-related industries in Japan, issues in business development inViet Nam from the perspective of business design and human resource education.
The session will also discuss on the way forward of strengthening cooperation between Viet Nam
and Japan in collaborative project idea for ageing society. And how government call on all stakeholders
work together in order to build a healthy and active ageing society in Viet Nam.
4. Speakers:
Speakers who are policy consultants, managers, economists, researchers in the ﬁeld ofhealth-population from Japan and Viet Nam.

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5. Methodology:
The workshop will be a hybrid event of online and offline. The venue for offline (face to face)workshop will be to provide for all participants and the facilities for online/virtual workshop will also
be offered for the participants who cannot attend in person in Ha Noi.
6. Time and Venue:- Time: 01 day, 29/8/ 2023
- Venue: Pullman Hotel, No 40 Cat Linh, Dong Da, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
7. Languages:
Vietnamese and Japanese. Direct translation will be provided.
8. Participants: expected 120 participantsParticipants who are policy makers, state managers, official, businessmen, service providers,
researcher and teachers related to aging and care (including health care) for elderly in Japan andViet Nam.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:

cpcs.vn/mevmej

CONTACT:
Luong Quang Dang (Mr.)

Shoko Misaka (Ms)

Director of Personnel Department

Manager of Healthcare Services

General Office for Population, Ministry of Health, VN

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Mobile: 0904 377 869 Email: lgdangvn@gmail.com

Email: shoko.misaka@eria.org

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AND CARE FOR ELDERLY BETWEEN JAPAN AND VIET NAM
29/8/2023, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

PROGRAM
Time

Activities(Ha Noi time)

Responsibilities

Opening
8:00 - 8:30

Welcome participants

8:30 - 8:40

Introduce Participants

Organizer
Mr. Luong Quang Dang
Director of Personnel Department, GOPFP, MOH- Dr. Pham Vu Hoang

8:40 - 9:00

Opening remarks

Deputy General Director of GOPFP, MOH, Viet Nam-

Senior Executive Director

Remarks by GOPFP, MOH, Viet Nam
Remarks by MEJ, Japan- Dr. Kenji Shibuya
Medical Excellence Japan

Session1: Policy Discussion
1-1: Current Challenges for Aging Society in Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Truong
9:00 - 9:20

Overview of Ageing & Health of Older People in Viet Nam

9:20 - 9:40

New Opportunites for Socio-Economic Development in
Ageing Context

9:40 - 9:50

Tea breakDirector or Structure & Quality of Population
Department, GOPFP, MOH, Viet Nam
Ms. Bui Thi Ninh
Director of Bureau for Employers’ Activities, VCCIHo Chi Minh, Viet Nam

Session 1-2: Comprehensive Measures for Aged Society in Japan
9:50 - 10:10

Evolution of Japan's Medical and Nursing Insurance Systems(Tentative)

10:10 - 10:30

Social determinants to address health disparities in the
aging population (Tentative)

10:30 - 10:50

Related Business Development for Aging Population in Japan(Tentative)

Prof. Tetsuo Tsuji (online)
Institute of Gerontology & Future Initiatives
Tokyo University
Dr. Naoki Kondo (online)
Public Health Professor
Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University
Mr. Nobuyuki Kii (online)

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Group Manager of Aging Innovation Group,
Research & Consulting Division
The Japan Research InstituteSession 1-3: Discussion
Chair & Co-Chairs: Dr. Pham Vu Hoang, Dr. Tokuaki Shobayashi
Chair & Co-chairs

10:50 - 11:45

Q&A

11:45 - 12:00

Closing for Session 1 - Policy Discussion

Chairs & Co-chairs

12:00 – 13:15

Lunch

All participants

All Speakers

Session 2: Practical Dialogue
2-1: Elderly-centered Community and Well-being
Chair & Co-chairs: Dr. Pham Vu Hoang, Dr. Kenji Shibuya
13:15 - 13:25

Introduction the objectives of Session 2

Chair & Co-chairsAss. Prof. Ho Thi Kim Thanh

13:25 – 13:45

Current Status of Geriatric Care in Vietnam

13:45 – 14:15

Community-based Care for Elderly People in Japan: Hachioji
Model (Tentative)

14:15 – 14:35

Community-based care for older people: An example from
Ho Chi Minh city

14:35 – 14:55

Issues in Business Development in Vietnam, From the
Perspective of Business Design and Human Resource
Education

14:55 – 15:00

Teabeak

Head of Family Medicine Dept
Hanoi Medical University
Dr. Shigemi Kitahara
President
Medical corporation KNI
Mr. Pham Chanh Trung
Director of Population O ce
Ho Chi Minh city
Mr. Shigenori Tsubo
Consultant, A inkai Healthcare Corporation

Mr. Shumpei Niinuma

15:00 – 15:40

Examples of Care-Related Industries in Japan

Director of Health Care Business Department Elovi
Viet Nam .jsc
Mr. Katsunori Ebine
General Director
Renaissance Vietnam Inc

Session 2-2: Discussion & The way forward
Chair & Co-Chairs: Dr. Pham Vu Hoang, Dr. Tokuaki Shobayashi-Q&A
15:40 – 16:30- Way-Forward: Vietnam-Japan Collaborative Project Ideas
for Aging Society

16:30 - 16:40

Closing

16:40

Chair, Co-chairs & Speakers

Dr. Pham Vu Hoang
Deputy General Director of GOPFP, MOH, Viet Nam

The end
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SPEAKERS

PHAM VU HOANG, PHD
Deputy Director General of General Officefor Population and Family Planning, Ministry of HealthPham Vu Hoang, PhD is Deputy Director General of General Office for Population and Family
Planning (GOPFP), Ministry of Health (MOH) in Viet Nam. He was Director of Center for Population
Research, Information and Database (CPRID), GOPFP, MOH and also the editor-in-chief of the“Population and Development” magazine, is one of very few magazine about population. He
graduated from Faculty of Economic Math, National Economic University, Vietnam in 1996. In 2013,
he received the PhD from National Economic University, Vietnam with the thesis entitled ‘The
methods to improve the quality of care for elderly people in Vietnam’. In 20 years working in GOPFP,
Dr. Pham Vu Hoang wrote many research articles and publications on population, especiallyresearch articles about the elderly in Viet Nam. In 2013, he was officially nominated for theCommissioners for the Global Commission on Ageing in Developing Countries.

HIROKI NAKATANI, MD, MHPED, PHD
Senior Advisor to the President
on Healthcare Service

Dr. Hiroki Nakatani is ERIA's Senior Advisor to the President on Healthcare Service. With over 40
years as a veteran public health specialist, Dr Nakatani's career spans pivotal roles. He held
academic positions as Visiting Professor at Keio University School of Medicine and Invited
Professor at Osaka University Post Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Nakatani's inﬂuence extends
globally, including leadership roles as Chair of the Executive Board of WHO（2020-2021）and
presently, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT
Fund). His remarkable international journey includes pivotal periods at WHO Headquarters,
culminating as Assistant Director-General, overseeing the largest technical cluster in charge ofHIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases. Dr. Nakatani's dedication to healthpolicy, technology, and international collaboration has signiﬁcantly impacted global health. He
earned his MD from Keio University School of Medicine, MHPEd from the University of New South
Wales, and PhD from Keio University.
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KENJI SHIBUYA, MD, PHD
Senior Exective Officer
Medical Excellence JAPANDr. Kenji Shibuya is a renowned expert in the ﬁeld of global and population health. He currently holds
multiple prestigious positions, including Senior Executive Director of Medical Excellence JAPAN,
Research Director at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research,
Managing Director at the Soma COVID Vaccination Medical Center in Soma City, Fukushima, andVenture Partner of Eight Roads Ventures Japan. Previously, Dr. Shibuya served as a Professor andDirector of the University Institute for Population Health at King's College London. Before his time atKing's, he held the position of Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health at the Universityof Tokyo.
Dr. Shibuya possesses a wide range of expertise in various crucial areas of global and population
health. Throughout his career, Dr. Shibuya has been an advisor to both central and local governments.
Notably, he served as a Special Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

PROF. TETSUO TSUJI
Visiting Researcher
Institute of Gerontology (IOG), Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI),The University of Tokyo

Prof Tetsuo Tsuji, a distinguished ﬁgure in public health with over three decades of dedicatedservice, notably served as the former Vice-Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare at Japan's
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. With a career spanning pivotal roles at the ministry,including Director-General of Health Insurance Bureau and Vice-Minister, he has played an
instrumental role in shaping Japan's healthcare landscape. Prof Tsuji's contributions extend toacademia, where he held the position of Professor at Den-en Chofu University and the University ofTokyo's Institute of Gerontology. A respected author, his published works encompass criticalsubjects such as medical care reform and the challenges of a super-ageing society. Prof Tsuji
remains a devoted advocate, currently serving as a Visiting Researcher at the Institute ofGerontology, Institute for Future Initiatives at the University of Tokyo.

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SPEAKERSTOKUAKI SHOBAYASHI, MD, PHD
Health Policy Advisor to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health

Dr Tokuaki Shobayashi is the Health Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Health of Viet Nam. With anesteemed academic journey, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan,
in 1989. Further enriching his expertise, Dr Shobayashi obtained a Master of Science of Public
Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1997 and a PhD from Showa
University, Japan, in 2003. He had worked for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japanese
Government for 30 years and retired as a Director General, Health Service Bureau in 2021.

NAOKI KONDO, MD, PHD
Public Health Professor
Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Naoki Kondo has been a Professor of Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of
Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University. His primary research themes are social
determinants of health. He is the vice chief investigator of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation
Study, a cohort study following up more than 200,000 older adults nationwide in Japan. JAGES
initiative has investigated the community and social environments that promote the preventive
measures for non-communicable diseases and healthy and equitable longevity. His recent study
focuses on how to address health inequality in the community settings, conducting intervention
studies with local and central governments, utilizing “community-diagnosis” data. Professor Kondo
is the member of Clinical Consortium on Health Ageing and a core member of the Global Network on
Long-term Care, World Health Organization. He holds multiple roles as committee members andadvisors for Parliamentary Groups and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan. He has
published over 200 peer reviewed papers in journals such as the Lancet, BMJ, Int J Epidemiology, etc.
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DR. NGUYEN XUAN TRUONG
Director of Population Structure and Quality Department,
General Office for Population, Ministry of Health, Viet Nam

Dr. Nguyen Xuan Truong is the Director of Population Structure and Quality Department, General
Office for Population - Family Planning (GOPFP), Ministry of Health. He held BA inmedicine at Thai
Binh Medical University, BA in Political theory (Advanced level in political theory) at Ho Chi Minh
National Academy of Politics. Mr. Truong is currently a member of the scientiﬁc council of GOPFP.
He has almost 30 years of experience in the ﬁeld of population and health, of which10 years in
dapting to population ageing and health care for older persons. He also participates in developing
many reports and programs on population ageing and health care for older persons.

MRS. BUI THI NINH
Director of the Bureau for Employers Activities,
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in Ho Chi Minh City

Mrs. Bui Thi Ninh is Director of the Bureau for Employers Activities at the Vietnam Chamber ofCommerce and Industry (VCCI) in Ho Chi Minh City, which represents the business community,
business associations and employers in Viet Nam. Mrs. Bui Thi Ninh has worked extensively on tradeand business development issues, and is leading national advocacy to improve the businessenvironment and business responsibility, particularly in the labour ﬁeld and skills development.
Mrs. Bui Thi Ninh has a Master’s degree in Development Policies and Practices from the Graduate
Institute in Geneva and a B.A. from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics.

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SPEAKERSNOBUYUKI KII, MBA
Group Manager of Aging Innovation Group
Research & Consulting Division
The Japan Research Institute, Limited

Nobuyuki Kii started his journey in consumer goods marketing consulting and transitioned his
expertise to the senior care sector. He has conducted research in the senior care sector for Japan's
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, while alsodelivering strategic guidance to private senior care businesses. Currently serving as the GroupManager of Aging Innovation at the Japan Research Institute, he is an alumnus of Kyoto University
and Kobe Business School's MBA Program

SHIGEMI KITAHARA, MD
President
Medical corporation KNI

Dr Kitahara graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine in 1979, he established
Kitahara Neurosurgical Hospital (Currently, as Kitahara International Hospital) in Hachioji City,
Tokyo in 1995. He currently operates ﬁve facilities in Japan and one in Cambodia, to provide
consistent medical care from emergency and surgery to home care and rehabilitation.
Stating philosophy as "Transforming Healthcare and the World through Wisdom and Healing” tobring happiness to as many people as possible, Kitahara group challenges the export of medical
services to Vietnam, Thailand, Central Asian countries, and other countries out of Japan. Dr
Kitahara also initiated ”Kitahara Total Life Support Club” that enables citizens to live a safe, secure,comfortable, and pleasant life even in a super-aging society.

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SPEAKERS

ASS. PROF. MD HO THI KIM THANH
Head of Family Medicine Dept
Hanoi Medical University

Assoc. Prof. MD Ho Thi Kim Thanh is currently Head of Family Medicine Department - Hanoi
Medical University, Director of Center for Family Medicine and Community Health Care, Hanoi
Medical University Hospital, Hanoi Medical University, Ministry of Health. She graduated general
doctor in 1997, resident doctor in 2001, and PhD in 2013 in HMU. Dr. Thanh had 20 years working in
National Geriatric hospital and was Vice Head of the Department of Geriatrics, HMU. She is recently
member of Vietnam Association of Geriatrics, the Hanoi Society of Diabetes and Endocrinology,
Vietnam Osteoporosis Society, Vietnam Association of Family Physicians. She is also member ofCompilation boards and Approval boards of various ﬁelds such as ageing, Internal Medicine,
Endocrinology, Community health care, Non-Communicable diseases, Health network
development. She has involved in writing and editing more than 20 textbooks and reference books;
she has published more than 60 articles in Vietnam and international journals.

MR. PHAM CHANH TRUNG
Director of the Sub-Department of Population and Family Planning Ho Chi Minh City

Mr. Pham Chanh Trung is Director of The Office for Population and Family Planning in Ho Chi Minh
City. He has many years of experiences in population and development in Ho Chi Minh City.
Currently, he is focusing on activities to improve the quality of the population, solutions to address
low fertility and expand models of elderly care to suit the characteristics of the community. With his
experiences in population management, he is currently offering communication models to improve
the quality of the population to approach the speciﬁcs of socio-economic development. He also
tries to exchange and cooperate to form suitable elderly care models speciﬁcally in Ho Chi Minh City.

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MR. SHIGENORI TSUBO
Consultant
Aijinkai Healthcare Corporation

Shigenori Tsubo, serves as a Consultant at Aijinkai Healthcare Corporation. With a career
spanning over three decades, Shigenori joined Aijinkai in 1985 and pioneered Total Quality
Management (TQM) in medical and caregiving. He introduced DPC (Diagnosis Procedure
Combination) at Aijinkai Group's acute care hospital, contributing to advancements in healthcare
practices. His visionary leadership led to the development of Aijinkai's caregiving and welfare
businesses. Tsubo's expertise extends to teaching roles at Kyoto University and Kwansei Gakuin
University. Notably, he is a Director at the General Incorporated Association Global 'KAIGO' License
Association and a valued member of Japan Society for Healthcare Administration's Committee on
Medical Care Cooperation.

MR. SHUMPEI NIINUMA
Director of Healthcare Business Department
Elovi Vietnam (Morinaga)

Shumpei Niinuma is the Director of Healthcare Business at Elovi Viet Nam. He served in Morinaga
Milk Industry's Healthcare Business Management Department in Tokyo, Japan from 2016 to 2018 andsubsequently led the International Healthcare Business Development Department until 2020. He
holds a degree in Business Management from Meiji University.

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KATSUNORI EBINE
General Director
RENAISSANCE VIETNAM INC.

Katsunori Ebine is the General Director of Renaissance Vietnam Inc. Prior to his current role, heserved at Renaissance Inc. in Japan as the Area Manager from 2020 to 2023. He holds a Bachelor's
degree in Economics from Ryutsu Keizai University.

FUMITAKA MACHIDA
Financial Expert and Senior Fellow of Healthcare Service, ERIA

Fumitaka Machida began his career at The Export-Import Bank of Japan (now JBIC) in 1992. His
extensive international ﬁnance expertise spans sovereign loans, corporate ﬁnance, projectﬁnance, equity investment, fund management, and securitization across Asia, Oceania, Europe, theMiddle East, and Africa. Notably, he served as the former Chief Representative of Regional
Headquarters for Asia and Paciﬁc at JBIC from 2012 to 2016. Renowned for his achievements in PPP
infrastructure projects, earning several Deal of the Year accolades, he was appointed Counsellor
and Special Advisor to Japan's National Policy Unit by the Prime Minister in 2009. His board
membership in investment banks and Asian infrastructure ﬁrms further enriches his multifaceted
experience. Presently, Fumitaka Machida has contributed as an ERIA Financial Expert since 2016
and Senior Fellow of Healthcare Service since 2020.

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SPEAKERSSANAE SAKURAIManager
Medical Excellence JAPANSanae Sakurai is a manager at Medical Excellence JAPAN (MEJ) and is responsible forcoordinating the MEV-MEJ project as the secretariat. Prior to joining MEJ, she worked in thepharmaceutical industry for more than 20 years, leading new drug development and productmarketing in the ﬁeld of hematology. She graduated from Kyoto University and holds a ｍaster's
degree in Cell Biology.

SHOKO MISAKAManager of Healthcare Services,
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Shoko Misaka, ERIA's Manager of Healthcare Services, brings a decade of expertise in
Accounting and Finance across ASEAN countries, complemented by profound knowledge inﬁnancial market analytics, corporate ﬁnance, and transactional banking. With a forthcoming MSc
from Nagasaki University and a BA from Keio University, Misaka's educational foundation is fortiﬁedby hands-on experience. Throughout her tenure at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and MELCO Thai
Capital, she has orchestrated Group Financial Solutions and led pivotal projects in Treasury & Trade
Solutions. Her customer-facing prowess and adeptness in cross-selling banking products havebeen honed through her diverse roles. Misaka's contributions extend beyond, encompassing acommitment to ISPACOS since 2018.

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MR. LUONG QUANG DANG
Deputy Chief of Office,Vietnam National Steering Committee for Population and Development.
Director of Personnel Department,
The General Office for Population (GOPFP), Ministry of Health.

Mr. Luong Quang Dang is Deputy Chief of Office, Vietnam National Steering Committee forPopulation and Development. He also is Director of Personnel Department, The General Office forPopulation and Family Planning (GOPFP), Ministry of Health. He held BA in Law at Hanoi University ofLaw; BA in Political theory at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; Certiﬁcate in Lawyer Skills
at the Judicial Academy (Ministry of Justice); MA/MSc in Population sciences at International
Institute for Population Science (Mumbai, India). He has nearly 20 years of working in population
area with different positions as Assistant of Director General of GOPFP, Deputy Director ofLegislation and Inspection Department. He is currently member of Population Science Board of
GOPFP, a visiting lecturer at Ha Noi Medical University, Alternator of Board of ASEAN Center for
Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI) and a Viet Nam Coordinator of Partners in Population &Development-an Inter-government organization with 27 Member States.

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