Résumé

This paper analyses key social security issues in Viet Nam and proposes a conceptual framework for the

development of an integrated national social security system. The main objective is to consider how specific

components of the existing National Targeted Programme on Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction (NTP) could

evolve or be incorporated with existing formal sector social security programmes to form an integrated national

system. Key institutional, fiscal and macroeconomic prerequisites to the development of a national social security

system are discussed. The analysis draws heavily on international experience and is not intended as a programmatic

blueprint, but rather as an exploration of key issues requiring further research.