The proposal to raise Việt Nam’s retirement age to 65 will only drive double-digit economic growth if it goes hand in hand with comprehensive reforms in productivity, training, and labor structure. Without these, extending working years could become a burden rather than a development driver.
Quynh-Vi was a litigation lawyer in California before becoming a democracy advocate and journalist in 2015. She graduated from Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism in 2023.
