Vietnam's economy on the rise

While the United States’ workforce is aging out of its prime, some countries, like Vietnam, are just hitting their stride. On today’s show, Kai joins Kimberly to share his takeaways from reporting in Ho Chi Minh City for the “Marketplace” series “The Age of Work.” We’ll get into how Vietnam’s younger workforce is transforming the country’s economy for the future and the pressures it faces from all around the globe.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "In a rapidly developing Vietnam, high-tech industries take root" from Marketplace

• "Vietnam's young workers are helping its economy go global" from Marketplace

• "Behind America's consumer goods, Vietnamese factories like this one" from Marketplace

• "Vietnam is in a workforce golden age, but geopolitics make the future uncertain" from Marketplace

• "In Southern California’s Little Saigon, three stories of generational change" from Marketplace

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