Vietnam is remaking its state apparatus, with 100,000 positions slated to be scrapped as Hanoi seeks to streamline bureaucracy and boost the economy. - Photo: AFP
HANOI: Sipping green tea in his garden of roses, ex-communist party official Nguyen Van Cuong says he is "jobless but happy" after Vietnam cut 80,000 state roles this week.
But fretting at home after leaving public employment once considered a job-for-life, Nguyen Thi Thu told AFP she feels "empty" over a future that is no longer certain.
