Vietnam seeks to cut one in five govt jobs


HANOI: Vietnam is aiming to cut one in five public sector jobs and slash billions of dollars from government budgets, mirroring US President Donald Trump's push to take a hatchet to spending.

The drive -- due to go before the rubber-stamp parliament in the coming days -- is creating unease in a communist country where working for the state long meant a job for life.

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