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Vietnam’s HDI sees improvements in 2016 – 2020

Vietnam’s Human Development Index (HDI) advanced to 0.706 in 2020 from 0.682 in 2016, enabling the country to join the High Human Development group, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Vietnam’s HDI sees improvements in 2016 – 2020 ảnh 1Illustrative photo. (Source: ngaymoionline.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Human Development Index(HDI) advanced to 0.706 in 2020 from 0.682 in 2016, enabling the country tojoin the High Human Development group, according to the General StatisticsOffice (GSO).
A report on HDI from 2016 – 2020 of the office said the index’s indicators saw improvements during the period,said Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai from the GSO at a press conference in Hanoi on January6.

The health indicator edged up to 0.826 in 2020 from 0.822 in 2016; education to 0.640 from 0.628; and income to 0.664 from 0.624,respectively, she cited.

Generally, Vietnam’s HDI has been improving but still at aslow pace, Mai said, adding that the country ranked seventh out of the 11 countriesin Southeast Asia regarding this matter./.

Vietnam’s HDI sees improvements in 2016 – 2020 ảnh 2The GSO holds a press conference announcing the labour data in the fourth quarter of 2021 and Vietnam's HDI from 2016 - 2020. (Photo:VNA)
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