October 18, 2018 | 21:49 (GMT+7)
Vietnam makes progress in human development
PANO - Vietnam has made progress in developing human resources and reducing poverty in various aspects, but still faces disparities among regions and population groups, gender imbalance, and environmental issues related to greenhouse effect and biodiversity.
The information was released during a seminar held by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam on October 17 in Hanoi to announce the “Vietnam’s Human Development Indices (HDI): Statistical Update 2018.”
The report said Vietnam’s HDI is in the high-medium group. With 0.694 point in 2017, Vietnam ranks the 116th among 189 countries and needs to earn 0.006 point to be among the high HDI group.
Vietnam has performed well in health care and education but still had a low-income growth rate. The average life expectancy is 76.5 years, second only to the Republic of Korea in the Asia-Pacific region. Meanwhile, the average school time is 8.2 years, higher than the average in East Asia and the Pacific.
The global multidimensional poverty statistics 2018 show that Vietnam’s index was 0.0197, ranking the 31st among 105 countries. Its multidimensional poverty rate is 5 percent, higher than those of almost all countries in East Asia.
Translated by Chung Anh