HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam is amending its pension laws in an attempt to deter people from abandoning the fund before retirement. Yet in some quarters, the pending change is having the opposite effect.
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Some factory workers have been tapping their public retirement funds in Vietnam, an increasingly important link in global electronics and garments supply chains. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam is amending its pension laws in an attempt to deter people from abandoning the fund before retirement. Yet in some quarters, the pending change is having the opposite effect.