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 VIETNAM

CAPITAL CITY
• Hanoi is the capital
city of Vietnam. Unlike
many national capitals
of the world, Hanoi is
not the largest, but
the second largest city
by population. Hanoi
is located about 1,760
km north of Ho Chi
Minh City, which is the
largest city in
Vietnam.
 VIETNAM

PRESIDENT
(2019)
Nguyễn Phú
Trọng
Most Visited Tourist Spot

Củ Chi tunnels

The Chu Chi Tunnels are part of a

massive war museum in Ho Chi
Minh. They offer visitors a sneak-
peek at the underground life of
Vietnamese soldiers back in 1948.
 ECONOMIC GROWTH

0.475 increase 0.694

Viet Nam’s HDI value for 2017 is 0.694— which put the country in the
medium human development category—positioning it at 116 out of
189 countries and territories.
The human development progress, as measured by the HDI, can
usefully be compared to other countries. For instance, during the
period between 1990 and 2017 Viet Nam, China and Indonesia
experienced different degrees of progress toward increasing their
HDIs.
Viet Nam’s 2017 HDI of 0.694 is above the average of 0.645 for
countries in the medium human development group and below the
average of 0.733 for countries in East Asia and the Pacific. From East
Asia and the Pacific, countries which are close to Viet Nam in 2017
HDI rank and to some extent in population size are Philippines and
Thailand, which have HDIs ranked 113 and 83 respectively.
 Vietnam's Infrastructure:
Improving Slowly But Surely

2050
PRICE WATER
HOUSE COOPER

2020
2020 TWO ADDITIONAL
INT. AIPORTS
BUILD HIGH
SPEED
RAILWAY
 TRANSPORTATION ADDITIONAL

Vietnam is one of the few countries in the world where number of

bikes is far higher than number of cars, consequently many streets are
just 2-3 meters wide. Only wealthy people own cars, and government
put a tax of 200% on cars to keep their number low
 Housing in Vietnam
Vietnam is known for their extremely
narrow and tall houses, this
happened due to a former property
tax based on house frontage.
Originally intended for one family,
many houses have been rebuilt taller
and owners are renting part of their
houses to additional families due to
rapid urbanization and housing
shortage.
Today in city center, the houses average: 3
meters wide, 10 to 30 meters depth, and 3 to 7
floors, they are known as “tube houses” or
“rocket houses”.
Access to good quality housing

The growing middle class and working class in Vietnam have

an increasing demand for new housing. If this demand is not
met, the country could experience kinds of affordability
crisis..
According to Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, a real estate
services company in Vietnam. There is more housing in the
luxury, premium and middle-end price level available on
the Ho Chi Minh City (a city in Vietnam, with a population of
8.993 million) market this year. And there is not as much
housing that is affordable.
Renting of Old Local Apartment (2 bedrooms)
● $300 - $7,000
● 6,952,244.88 Vietnamese Dong (VND) - 162,292,145.62
● 15,176.32 PHP - 354,117.27 PHP
Modern Apartment Towers
● $900 - $1,200
● 20,871,673.39 VND - 27,828,897.85 VND
● 45,463.90 PHP - 60,707.92 PHP
Dormitories
● $600 - $700
● 13,914,448.93 VND - 16,233,997.72 VND
● 30,353.96 PHP - 35,413.98 PHP
Villages
● At least $1,700
● 39,425,423.03 VND
● 85,878.76 PHP
Affordability Crisis
● In recent years, the government has approved $1.3 billion for what it calls social
housing projects. However, that amount has not been enough to meet the demand
for affordable housing.
● Despite economic growth, Vietnam still has a substantial deficit of quality housing.
Almost 20 percent or approximately 4.8 million households in Vietnam are still
living in poor conditions. Meanwhile, the majority of new demand for housing will
be concentrated in only a few major cities and industrial zones. This could mean
that many people living in those cities might not be able to afford to buy a home.
● The city’s biggest and most difficult problem is to solve housing needs for a large
number of low-income and middle-income people, including state officials,
students, workers, and migrants, to ensure social welfare and sustainable
development.
1. The city has nearly 476,000 households who do not own their own homes and live with
relatives, accounting for 25 per cent of its total.

2. Of the 476,000 households, more than 20,000 live on and near canals and 35,000 in old
apartment buildings that need to be improved.

3. Many of them buy apartments in social housing projects which they can buy on hire-
purchase or buy units in commercial housing valued up to VNĐ1 billion (US$43,049). They
also need to rent apartments at inexpensive prices.

4. The city has 1.9 million units of housing (including apartments) covering 182 million square
metres. As of June 2017, the average housing area per person was 19.9 square metres.
Future Development Plans in Housing
● Investing in the building of townships as a way to spread out the population growth
in other parts of the country, rather than just in the popular cities, that will deliver
quality and climate-friendly accommodation to people working in and around Hanoi,
thus easing the pressure on the fast-growing capital, and provide jobs and income
for local communities.
● Within the 2021-2025 period, the city aims to build an additional 45 million sq m of
floor space, raising the average housing area per person to 19.8 sq m by 2020 from
17.32 sq m per person in 2015, so low income residents will have high quality
housing.
● Reformation of the Urban housing policy that deals with the housing demand of
both the local population, particularly low- and middle-income, and migrants, and
the demand for both homeownership and rental housing.
● To diversify the supply of affordable housing in terms of house type, location,
tenure, adaptability, and financing, in different locations, catering the needs of low-
income households.
 INFORMATION – ACADEMIC LEVEL

EDUCATION SYSTEM

20% of Vietnam’s national budget, or

US$10 billion, is devoted to education.
However, according to a study by the
World Bank in 2014, more than 80% of
the Vietnamese workforce lack
professional and technical skills to
perform their job.
PROBLEMS

- Schooling supply shortage for the country’s massive

need.

- 37% of the population is below the age of 25 while

the capacity of universities in Vietnam is available for
1/3 of applicants only.

- Higher quality education standards and seeking

international education.

- Goal of the education reform is modernizing and

internationalizing its system.
STATUS

- 17% of the total Vietnamese students

enrolled in higher education.
Vietnam – a country of more than 90
million people
 FUTURE PLAN

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To assess and to re- To improve the quality To improve the quality To apply IT in teaching,
plan the network of of teachers and of foreign language learning and
schools & classrooms. administrators. teaching. educational
management.

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To promote the To strengthening To enhance facilities to To develop human To implement career

autonomy and international ensure educational resource. classification and
accountability of integration. quality. career orientation.
schools.
INFORMATION – LITERACY RATE
Literacy in Vietnam has reached
97.3 percent for those aged 15-
50 under the Learning Society
Programme, the Ministry of
Education and Training said on
January 13.
The literacy rate among
people age 15 to 35 was 98.5
percent, with 43.7 percent of
laborers having basic
knowledge about computers
and foreign languages.
Deputy Minister of Education
and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien
said the programe has helped
raising awareness about
learning and its benefits.
Nguyen Cong Hinh, of the Education
Ministry, said, "Most illiterate
people are old, from mountainous
areas or ethnic groups, and don't
want to travel too far to go to
classes."
 FEMALE MALE TOTAL
2014 63 46 109
2015 61 45 106 INFORMATION – LITERACY RATE
2016 59 45 104
2017 57 44 102
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2018 56 44 100
PROBLEM

Vietnam still has more than 1.3 million The mountainous areas had 747,300
illiterate people. illiterates or about 39 percent of the
Illiteracy was very high among the total while the Mekong delta had
"socially and economically 650,639 or 33 percent.
underdeveloped areas" particularly in
the mountainous areas, central coast,
offshore islands, and some parts of the
Mekong Delta. (agricultural area of
Vietnam)
Literacy Status

The literacy programs, which are not part of the

school programs, include in-service,
complementary and vocational education
programs. These are offered or financed by
different governmental agencies as well as by
voluntary organizations such as the Youth Union
and the Women's Union, which are recognized by
the government as being representative of those
sectors of the society.

1,723,320 illiterates attended classes. 805,223

persons learned to read and write, and the
balance finished education up to first or second
grade. Every year in that period, 220,000 to
280,000 people attended literacy classes; 50 to 60
percent became literate and 60,000 to 100,000
moved on to post-literacy classes.
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INFORMATION – LITERACY RATE
Literacy in Vietnam has reached
97.3 percent for those aged 15-
50 under the Learning Society
Programme, the Ministry of
Education and Training said on
January 13.
The literacy rate among
people age 15 to 35 was 98.5
percent, with 43.7 percent of
laborers having basic
knowledge about computers
and foreign languages.
Deputy Minister of Education
and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien
said the programe has helped
raising awareness about
learning and its benefits.
Nguyen Cong Hinh, of the Education
Ministry, said, "Most illiterate
people are old, from mountainous
areas or ethnic groups, and don't
want to travel too far to go to
classes."
 FEMALE MALE TOTAL
2014 63 46 109
2015 61 45 106 INFORMATION – LITERACY RATE
2016 59 45 104
2017 57 44 102
34
2018 56 44 100
PROBLEM

Vietnam still has more than 1.3 million The mountainous areas had 747,300
illiterate people. illiterates or about 39 percent of the
Illiteracy was very high among the total while the Mekong delta had
"socially and economically 650,639 or 33 percent.
underdeveloped areas" particularly in
the mountainous areas, central coast,
offshore islands, and some parts of the
Mekong Delta. (agricultural area of
Vietnam)
Literacy Status

The literacy programs, which are not part of the

school programs, include in-service,
complementary and vocational education
programs. These are offered or financed by
different governmental agencies as well as by
voluntary organizations such as the Youth Union
and the Women's Union, which are recognized by
the government as being representative of those
sectors of the society.

1,723,320 illiterates attended classes. 805,223

persons learned to read and write, and the
balance finished education up to first or second
grade. Every year in that period, 220,000 to
280,000 people attended literacy classes; 50 to 60
percent became literate and 60,000 to 100,000
moved on to post-literacy classes.
GROWTH Data for past years

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 INFORMATION – Internet Access
Vietnam's average
broadband speed has
been ranked 74 out of
189 countries and
territories in a recent
global broadband
speed
The results are based on an
analysis of over 63 million
broadband speed tests conducted
worldwide. The data was collected
across one year by M-Lab, a
partnership between New
America's Open Technology
Institute, Google Open Source
Research, Princeton University's
PlanetLab and other supporting
partners
With an average download speed
of 5.46 megabytes per second,
Vietnam has been ranked 74 out
of 189 countries and territories,
surpassing China, India and other
Southeast Asian countries like
Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines,
Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
Currently, Vietnam has five
undersea cable systems:
APG, AAG, SeaMeWe-3,
Tata TGN-Intra Asia and Asia
Africa Europe-1.
PROBLEM

Cable Ruptures
Vietnam is notorious for its unstable internet connection, with
undersea cables requiring frequent maintenance due to ruptures.
The latest disconnect occurred on June 20 when the newly launched
Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) cable broke between Hong Kong and
Vietnam.

The cable became operational in late December of last year and was
officially launched on January 3. Soon after the launch, a technical
problem occurred that required two weeks to fix.
STATUS AND FORECASTED
STATUS

By 2023, it was forecasted to be 75.7 million. The number of users rapidly increased after the adoption
of the internet in Vietnam in 1997II
COMPARISON

VIETNAM PHILIPPINES

68,541,344 Internet users in Dec/2018, Internet users in June/2019, 73.1%

70.3% penetration, per ITU. 9.5 mbps penetration, per IWS 5.5 mbps
Health Care
Standard of
Living
Economic Sectors in Vietnam
Vietnam is an agricultural nation with a natural area of 331 699 km² (mainland),
positioned 65th in the world, of which agricultural produced land area is 10.12
million ha. (Compared to PH = 13.4M ha)

Vietnam belongs to a country with narrow land and crowded people (average
area of land per capita is just 0.074 ha, equivalent to 38.5% compared to the
average land area in the world (0.192 ha).

It is an agricultural economy in terms of employment. Around 72 percent of

Vietnam's labor force, or approximately 28 million individuals, is engaged in
agriculture.
Biggest Industries in Vietnam

The economy of Vietnam is mainly reliant on foreign direct investments in order to promote

growth. The largest industries here are services which make up 49.75% of the GDP, industry which

makes up 33.25%, and agriculture which makes up 17% of GDP.

1. Electronics

2. Food Processing Industry

3. Construction

4. Mining Industry

5. Service and Tourism

6. Banking and Finance

Top Export Goods And Partners

Today, Vietnam is the 28th largest export economy in the world, exporting $165 billion worth of goods

every year. Its principal export goods include:

- broadcasting equipment ($23.8 billion)

- computers ($7.98 billion)

- crude petroleum ($6.87 billion)

- leather footwear ($6 billion)

- integrated circuits $4.6 billion).

The majority of these exports go to the following countries: the US ($29.9 billion), China ($17.5 billion),

Japan ($15.2 billion), South Korea ($7.92 billion), and Germany ($7.64 billion).
Top Import Goods And Partners

This country imports $151 billion worth of goods every year which gives it a positive trade balance of

$13.7 billion. Its top imported goods include

- integrated circuits ($9.6 billion)

- telephones ($8.22 billion)

- refined petroleum ($7.81 billion)

- light rubberized knitted fabric ($2.96 billion)

- flat-rolled steel ($1.98 billion)

The majority of its imports come from the following places: China ($44.7 billion), South Korea ($21.7

billion), Japan ($11.9 billion), Other Asian countries ($9.4 billion), and Singapore ($7.98 billion).
Challenges Faced By The Economy of Vietnam

One of the biggest challenges faced by the economy of Vietnam is, in fact, its state-

owned businesses. These tend to be inefficient due to complicated bureaucracy

needs to undergo reform. Additionally, in order to protect many industries within the

country, the government does not allow private ownership or foreign investment. This

is, however, hindering economic growth. Vietnam also lacks sufficient educational

services, development infrastructures, and social welfare programs which leave its

residents and economy vulnerable.

Future Economic Plans

- The government has been committed to increasing its

involvement in the international market.
- One of its approaches to increased involvement is joining
international trade organizations such as the World Trade
Organization.
- The government has recently signed the Trans-Pacific
Partnership agreement in order to take part in trade
liberalization among Pacific countries.
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