[governance-vn] Vietnam improves its development indicators

[Vern Weitzel]

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Updated, 09/13/2008, 14:00 GMT

Vietnam improves its development indicators


Under the leadership of the Communist Party, Vietnam has made many achievements 
in international development.

According to the United Nations’ 2008 human development report, Vietnam’s HDI 
(human development index) stands at 0.733, up four places compared with last year.

UN experts stressed that Vietnam’s HDI has constantly improved since 1990. They 
also praised Vietnam for the significant improvements made to the country’s GDI 
(Gender-related Development Index) and GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure). Out of 
156 countries with these two indices, Vietnam is ranked below only eight countries.

With regard to economic prestige and trademarks, Vietnam has also made 
considerable progress internationally. In the 2007 A. T. Kerney/FOREIGN POLICY 
index, Vietnam was placed 48th among the 72 countries surveyed, while its 
neighbours Thailand and Indonesia came 53rd and 69th respectively.  In 2007, the 
UN also ranked Vietnam in the top 10 nations that attracted the most investment 
from multinational companies in the 2007-2009 period. Vietnam came after only 
China, India, the US, Russia and Brazil.

Meanwhile, the world famous firm PriceWaterHouseCooper puts Vietnam first in the 
top 20 emerging economies that are attracting investors in manufacturing 
industries, including support ones. The World Bank also highly appreciates 
Vietnam in regard to its trade and business climate.