Since 1947, the Vietnam Social Security has provided social insurance to public servants and armed forces personnel in Vietnam. In 1995, the system became mandatory to the employees of the newly developing private sector. The mandatory coverage of the private sector was first restricted to the...

Since 1947, the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has provided social insurance to public servants and armed forces personnel in Vietnam. In 1995, the Government merged the social insurance unit of the Ministry of labour, invalids and social affairs with that of the Vietnam General Confederation of...

The study starts with a classification of the enterprises depending on their participation to the Vietnam social security. Among the enterprises that contribute, one striking feature is that on average the share in the wage bill of the contributions paid to the Vietnam social security is much...

This paper investigates the determinants of the participation of workers of the informal sector in a public voluntary pension scheme. Based on answers of the workers of the informal sector in Vietnam about their willingness to participate in an actuarially fair pension system, it forecast their...