List of administrative divisions of Vietnam by Human Development Index
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This is a list of regions and administrative divisions of Vietnam by Human Development Index as of 2023.
Regions
This is a list of the Regions of Vietnam by Human Development Index as of 2025 with data for the year 2023.[1]
| Rank | Region | HDI (2023) [1] | Comparable Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very High Human Development | |||
| 1 | Red River Delta | 0.858 | |
| 2 | Southeast | 0.823 | |
| 3 | North Central Coast, South Central Coast | 0.819 | |
| — | 0.810 | ||
| High human development | |||
| 4 | Northeast, Northwest | 0.763 | |
| 6 | Central Highlands | ||
| 5 | Mekong River Delta | 0.761 | |
Divisions
This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of Vietnam by Human Development Index as of 2023. In this table, (M) denotes municipalities.

≥0.805
0.790–0.804
0.770–0.789
0.755–0.769
0.735–0.754
0.720–0.734
0.705–0.719
0.690–0.704
0.675–0.689
0.660–0.674
0.645–0.659
≤0.645
| Rank | Province, or municipality |
HDI[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | ||
| 1 | Hà Nội (M) | 0.845 |
| 2 | Quảng Ninh | 0.819 |
| 3 | Ho Chi Minh City (M) | 0.818 |
| 4 | Hải Phòng (M) | 0.812 |
| High human development | ||
| 5 | Đà Nẵng (M) | 0.786 |
| 6 | Bắc Ninh | 0.784 |
| 7 | Hưng Yên | 0.778 |
| 8 | Phú Thọ | 0.767 |
| – | 0.766 | |
| 9 | Đồng Nai | 0.765 |
| 10 | Ninh Bình | 0.762 |
| 11 | Thái Nguyên | 0.759 |
| 12 | Hà Tĩnh | 0.754 |
| 13 | Thanh Hóa | 0.751 |
| 14 | Nghệ An | 0.747 |
| 15&16 | Khánh Hòa | 0.739 |
| 15&16 | Tây Ninh | 0.739 |
| 17 | Huế (M) | 0.735 |
| 18&19 | Lâm Đồng | 0.731 |
| 18&19 | Quảng Trị | 0.731 |
| 20 | Cần Thơ (M) | 0.728 |
| 21&22 | Vĩnh Long | 0.724 |
| 21&22 | Đắk Lắk | 0.724 |
| 23 | Quảng Ngãi | 0.723 |
| 24 | Đồng Tháp | 0.720 |
| 25 | Gia Lai | 0.718 |
| 26 | Sơn La | 0.717 |
| 27 | Cà Mau | 0.709 |
| Medium human development | ||
| 28 | An Giang | 0.697 |
| 29 | Điện Biên | 0.692 |
| 30 | Cao Bằng | 0.686 |
| 31&32 | Lào Cai | 0.681 |
| 31&32 | Tuyên Quang | 0.681 |
| 33 | Lạng Sơn | 0.675 |
| 34 | Lai Châu | 0.639 |