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Vietnam ranks second in Southeast Asia in happiness index
Vietnam’s steady progress in recent years has seen its position improve significantly, from 77th in 2021 to 65th in 2022 and 54th last year. The country now ranks second in Southeast Asia, behind only Singapore.
Vietnam has climbed to the 46th position in the 2025 World Happiness Report, up eight places from the 2023 rankings.
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Students in Tan Bien Primary School in Tay Ninh province have an exciting day with various activities at school playground. |
The latest report, released on March 20 by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the Oxford University, ranks 143 countries and territories based on citizens' self-reported well-being.
Vietnam’s steady progress in recent years has seen its position improve significantly, from 77th in 2021 to 65th in 2022 and 54th last year. The country now ranks second in Southeast Asia, behind only Singapore.
For the 8th consecutive year, Finland has been named the world’s happiest country, followed by Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden. Meanwhile, Costa Rica and Mexico have entered the top 10 for the first time, ranking 6th and 10th, respectively.
The US, however, has fallen to the 24th place, its lowest position on record. At the lower end of the rankings, Afghanistan remains at the bottom, followed by Sierra Leone and Lebanon.
The World Happiness Report is compiled in collaboration with the analytics firm Gallup and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
The rankings are based on factors such as social support, life expectancy, economic stability, and levels of kindness within communities.
On March 18, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a joint statement commending the recent swift and strong actions taken by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam in response to the ongoing measles outbreak.
BAC GIANG- Currently, garment and textile companies in northern province of Bac Giang have received many orders thanks to expanded export market; thus, they have big demand for workers. However, they are facing numerous difficulties and challenges due to chronic labour shortage in the context of human resource competition, which greatly affects production.
BAC GIANG - The Bac Giang Provincial Journalists’ Association and the Thai journalist delegation on March 17, 2025 held a meeting to exchange and discuss activities to mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the Provincial Journalists’ Association of Bac Giang province and Phetchabun province (Thailand) (March 24, 2015 - 2025) in Bac Giang city.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed the Ministry of Public Security to work alongside ministries and sectors to finalise the development of specialised databases aimed at enhancing the quality of online public services.
For the first time ever, students at the Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi may apply for an exchange semester at China's Tsinghua University, the nation's top university and the most prestigious in Asia, for free.
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