Vietnam is up two places on the Global Innovation Index, now ranked 46 out of 132 countries, state media is reporting. The article focuses on input and output performance but misses the table below that lays out Vietnam’s innovation strengths and weaknesses. Full report.
| Strengths | Weaknesses | ||
| Rank | Indicator name | Rank | Indicator name |
| 3 | High-tech exports, % total trade | 130 | Environmental performance |
| 4 | Labor productivity growth, % | 112 | Knowledge-intensive employment, % |
| 4 | High-tech imports, % total trade | 108 | Expenditure on education, % GDP |
| 7 | Creative goods exports, % total trade | 105 | Cost of redundancy dismissal |
| 7 | Domestic industry diversification | 103 | Tertiary inbound mobility, % |
| 8 | Mobile app creation/bn PPP$ GDP | 100 | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary |
| 9 | GERD financed by business, % | 77 | National feature films/mn pop. 15-69 |
| 13 | Gross capital formation, % GDP | 51 | Loans from microfinance institutions, % GDP |
| 17 | Applied tariff rate, weighted avg., % | ||
| 21 | Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP | ||