A comprehensive old age pension system for Viet Nam: Delivering on Resolution 28/NQ-TW

This briefing note aims to show that achieving universal old age pension coverage in Viet Nam is feasible and, if implemented, would transform the lives of all citizens once they reach old age, as well as bringing economic benefits to the nation.

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A pension for every citizen would ensure that the right to social security for all, as stipulated in the Constitution, becomes reality. It would recognize that all citizens have contributed to society throughout their working lives, paying taxes, generating economic growth and raising the nation’s children. A social pension is, therefore, a contributory pension and one that all citizens deserve. It is the least that Viet Nam can provide to its people.