Vietnam ranked 89/125 on scientific and technological contributions

In the recently announced 'Good Country Index', Vietnam ranked 89/125 on the contribution of science and technology to patent rates as well as low international articles. far more than the average.

The 'Good Country Index' ranking published by independent policy adviser Simon Anholt on June 24 to assess the contributions of nations to the world.

Ranking of Vietnam in Good Country Index Rankings.(Photo: Vietnamnet)

According to the Economist page, the 'Good Country Index' ranking is based on 35 different data sets provided by the United Nations, the World Bank, international organizations and non-governmental organizations in 7 different fields, Includes: Science Technology, Culture, Environment, Security and World Order, prosperity and equality.

According to this ranking, Vietnam ranked 124th out of 125 countries listed in the rankings, only one rank above Libya.

In the field of science and technology, Vietnam is ranked 89 out of 125 countries. Accordingly, Vietnam ranks behind Saudi Arabia (86), Siri Lanka (87), Peru (88) and ranks first in Zambia (90) and Guatemala (91).

It is worth mentioning that the indicators such as the number of students studying abroad, the number of international articles, the number of international publications, the number of Vietnamese patents according to this ranking are all lower than general average of the world.

In the field of environment, Vietnam also ranked near the penultimate with the position of 123/125 countries. The CO ₂ emissions and organic matter (BOD) indicators of Viet Nam's greenhouse gas emissions are much lower than the average.

In the field of health and health, Vietnam is well evaluated in supporting the World Health Organization, however, the index of humanitarian aid is underestimated. In this area, Vietnam ranked 111/125.

The Economist commented that the 'Good Country Index' rankings are a good idea but the implementation is difficult. The ranking takes into account the national GDP ratio to avoid the difference between rich and poor countries. However, this leads to certain deviations in the rankings such as the fact that the Republic of Cyprus is highly ranked in the field of science and technology or Malta is highly valued in the field of culture.