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The Tremendous But 'Secret' Success Of Socialist Vietnam

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"Vietnam performed the best of 151 countries in a study that assessed quality of life versus environmental sustainability."

This is not the first time that Vietnam has performed exceptionally well, when compared to other countries in the region, and in the world.

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"The wide-ranging study, called A Good Life for All Within Planetary Boundaries, published by a group of researchers from the University of Leeds, argues that we need to dramatically rethink the way we view development and its relationship to the environment.

"We were essentially working on several different indicators and relationships between social outcomes and environmental indicators," Fanning told Southeast Asia Globe. "We came up with the idea of, well, if we're looking at social indicators, can we define a level that would be equivalent to a good life?"

The survey included 151 countries, and Vietnam showed the best indicators.

"The researchers settled on 11 social indicators that included life satisfaction, nutrition, education, democratic quality and employment.

"It did surprise us that Vietnam did so well overall," Fanning said. "You might expect it to be Costa Rica or Cuba, as Vietnam doesn't typically come up as a sustainability hero." Fanning was referring to two countries the researchers expected to do well since they generally provide good social support and haven't seen the same environmental damage many countries have."

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