An exploration for a universal non-contributory pension scheme in Vietnam

Older Persons in Southeast Asia: An Emerging Asset

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 140-164

  Long, Giang Thanh ^a   Pfau, Wade Donald ^b  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

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