Vietnam listed in high human development category group: UNDP new report

Vietnam’s score has risen by 45 percent in the past 30 years, according to a report released this week by the United Nations Development Program

Since 1990 its score has grown at an average of 1.31 percent a year, make it one of the world's 20 fastest-growing.

Vietnam has joined the high human development group based on the U.N.’s Human Development Index, and risen one spot to 117th out of 189 economies in the index.

Over the last 20 years life expectancy in Vietnam increased by 4.8 years, its mean years of schooling by four years and expected years of schooling by 4.9 years

Vietnam’s high human development is a remarkable achievement and also creates opportunities for greater and more rapid progress in the coming development period

The country is at a critical juncture as it designs its next socio-economic development strategy, with decisions made today determining whether it will continue on it current path of growth and low inequality, and whether it can simultaneously shift to reducing pressure on the planet.

Vietnam is among the countries with the highest human development index

UNDP's Human Development Report 2019 has provided an overview of the diversity of inequalities that shape the world in the 21st century and how to tackle the issue.

Vietnam has achieved good results in terms of gender equality.

Vietnam is in the top one third of the world's leading countries in the proportion of women in its National Assembly.

Vietnam's analytical data has shown that despite significant progress at the national level, ethnic minority groups still lag behind in many aspects of human capacity, especially in terms of life expectancy, health and education

ietnam was right to consistently choose human-centered development and equality in the country's socio-economic development strategies and plans

Vietnam has achieved remarkable growth in human development since 1990 with slowly-increased inequality.

Vietnam has also performed well in reducing multi-dimensional poverty.

there are still areas where Vietnam has to improve

Just as inequality begins at birth, defines the freedom and opportunities of children, adults and elders, and permeates those of the next generation, so, too, policies to prevent inequalities can follow the lifecycle

Vietnam is at a critical juncture as it designs its next Socio-Economic Development Strategy, with decisions made today determining whether the country will continue its current pattern of growth with relatively low inequality or whether new forms of emerging inequalities will be further entrenched and deepened with unsustainable growth pathways.

These inequalities in human development are a roadblock to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The first two decades of the 21st century have seen remarkable progress
in reducing extreme deprivations, but gaps remain unacceptably wide for a range of capabilities—the freedoms for people to be and do desirable things such as go to school, get a job or have enough to eat.

A new generation of severe inequalities in human development is emerging, even if many of the unresolved inequalities of the 20th century are declining.