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According to the Quality of Life Index for 2010, Vietnam ranks 52 just behind Fiji and ahead of Gambia. In case you don’t know, FIji is a small island in the Pacific off the coast of Australia and Gambia is country in the NW of Africa known for its slave trade in ; both areas of British colonization in the 20th century, but neither countries having significant impact on the recent world socio-economical events.

The quality of life index is calculated by the International Living Organization and is based on factors such as cost of living, leisure culture, economic environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, risk & safety, and climate where the higher the score, the better such as the case of the US with an overall score of 86. Why Vietnam’s ranking is only 52 is quite shocking considering it was coined as the next Asian Tiger just a few years ago. If we were considering Vietnam’s ranking purely based on it’s capital, then maybe it’d rank higher next to its neighboring countries such as China and Thailand.

While this website admits being biased, having weighted rankings for factors, plus giving a Western perspective (American to be exact), it does bring to mind some warning signs, some that are evident to even the normal citizen’s eyes like myself while living in Vietnam for the past years. The cost of living in Vietnam has risen dramatically in the past years since I moved here in 2004 where the prices for commodities and utilities such as petrol, rice and electricity have gone up as much as 50%, but not in line with most inhabitants salaries. Vietnam ranked 71 in this area which is not even that bad and while electricity price increases are expected to cause outrage, the cost of living is still relatively low to most other countries.

Weighing in with average scores are Vietnam’s economy and environment. It is argued by many economist that a country needs to be financially stable in order to address social issues, however despite Vietnam’s rapidly growing economy with of the strongest GDP’s in the world this past year with 6.7% growth, the environment is literally an eyesore in many areas where you can see debris of all sizes just about everywhere on the streets, canals and coastline. Furthermore, Vietnam faces issues of even more serious environmental hazards from industries such as agricultural manufacturing and petrol with a recent historical settlement case against Vedan for environmental pollution.

Unsurprisingly ranking the lowest on the list are Freedom and Infrastructure. Again, we must remember that this is a biased ranking from an American point of view from which I’d agree that areas of censorship and political corruption are problematic, but what government is not corrupt? Infrastructure is a big problem and even while roads have improved significantly and the Internet is accessible, there are too many other problems such as public transportation, water and electricity that can hardly be understood in this article alone. To put it briefly, Vietnam is a developing country and it’s better to embrace old world development as a charm rather than convince yourself that all these infrastructure problems will soon be a thing of the past. I just hope they prove me wrong.

The last items on this index weigh in very well for Vietnam for Risk & Safety and Climate. Considering where to raise a family, I personally think that Vietnam is safer than most developed countries like the US, France or Japan. While Vietnam experiences crime at all levels, violent crime is significantly low and most people feel safe walking around the streets at any time of the day. The recent shooting of Representative Gabrielle Gifford, annual news of school shootings or even the US's worst terrorist attacks of 9/11 makes me rethink how the US ranked the highest as the safest country. Back to Vietnam's social woes, the increasing gap between the rich and the poor has seen petty crime on the rise and adding insult to injury by ostensibly emphasizing a more class-like society where Bentley luxury sedans pass by bicycle peddling merchants. Last, but not least the climate in Vietnam is pleasant most of the time, yet can be stifling in its hottest times of the year with the South at about 33 degrees Celsius with hot desert like conditions in the Spring and the north near 40 degrees Celsius in the summer months.

At first glance, Vietnam’s ranking of 52 next to Fiji and Gambia seems oddly out of place, but upon a closer look at what makes up this number it seems that Vietnam is fairly ranked with areas such as environment and infrastructure that it should seriously address, whereas factors such as cost of living and climate seem like they were glossed over considering outsiders do not intimately know about the problems of inflation or pollution that are deteriorating the quality of life.

Quality of Life Index: http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2011/

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According to the Quality of Life Index for 2010, Vietnam ranks 52 just behind Fiji and ahead of Gambia. In case you don’t know, FIji is a small island in the Pacific off the coast of Australia and Gambia is country in the NW of Africa known for its slave trade in ; both areas of British colonization in the 20th century, but neither countries having significant impact on the recent world socio-economical events.The quality of life index is calculated by the International Living Organization and is based on factors such as cost of living, leisure culture, economic environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, risk & safety, and climate where the higher the score, the better such as the case of the US with an overall score of 86. Why Vietnam’s ranking is only 52 is quite shocking considering it was coined as the next Asian Tiger just a few years ago. If we were considering Vietnam’s ranking purely based on it’s capital, then maybe it’d rank higher next to its neighboring countries such as China and Thailand.While this website admits being biased, having weighted rankings for factors, plus giving a Western perspective (American to be exact), it does bring to mind some warning signs, some that are evident to even the normal citizen’s eyes like myself while living in Vietnam for the past years. The cost of living in Vietnam has risen dramatically in the past years since I moved here in 2004 where the prices for commodities and utilities such as petrol, rice and electricity have gone up as much as 50%, but not in line with most inhabitants salaries. Vietnam ranked 71 in this area which is not even that bad and while electricity price increases are expected to cause outrage, the cost of living is still relatively low to most other countries.Weighing in with average scores are Vietnam’s economy and environment. It is argued by many economist that a country needs to be financially stable in order to address social issues, however despite Vietnam’s rapidly growing economy with of the strongest GDP’s in the world this past year with 6.7% growth, the environment is literally an eyesore in many areas where you can see debris of all sizes just about everywhere on the streets, canals and coastline. Furthermore, Vietnam faces issues of even more serious environmental hazards from industries such as agricultural manufacturing and petrol with a recent historical settlement case against Vedan for environmental pollution.Unsurprisingly ranking the lowest on the list are Freedom and Infrastructure. Again, we must remember that this is a biased ranking from an American point of view from which I’d agree that areas of censorship and political corruption are problematic, but what government is not corrupt? Infrastructure is a big problem and even while roads have improved significantly and the Internet is accessible, there are too many other problems such as public transportation, water and electricity that can hardly be understood in this article alone. To put it briefly, Vietnam is a developing country and it’s better to embrace old world development as a charm rather than convince yourself that all these infrastructure problems will soon be a thing of the past. I just hope they prove me wrong.The last items on this index weigh in very well for Vietnam for Risk & Safety and Climate. Considering where to raise a family, I personally think that Vietnam is safer than most developed countries like the US, France or Japan. While Vietnam experiences crime at all levels, violent crime is significantly low and most people feel safe walking around the streets at any time of the day. The recent shooting of Representative Gabrielle Gifford, annual news of school shootings or even the US's worst terrorist attacks of 9/11 makes me rethink how the US ranked the highest as the safest country. Back to Vietnam's social woes, the increasing gap between the rich and the poor has seen petty crime on the rise and adding insult to injury by ostensibly emphasizing a more class-like society where Bentley luxury sedans pass by bicycle peddling merchants. Last, but not least the climate in Vietnam is pleasant most of the time, yet can be stifling in its hottest times of the year with the South at about 33 degrees Celsius with hot desert like conditions in the Spring and the north near 40 degrees Celsius in the summer months.อย่างรวดเร็วก่อน การจัดอันดับของเวียดนามการ 52 ฟิจิและแกมเบียดูเหมือนน่านอกสถานที่ แต่ตามสิ่งที่ทำให้ค่าตัวเลขนี้ ดูเหมือนว่า เวียดนามค่อนข้างจัดอันดับ ด้วยพื้นที่สภาพแวดล้อมและโครงสร้างพื้นฐานที่มันควรอย่างจริงจัง ในขณะที่ปัจจัยของที่อยู่อาศัยและสภาพอากาศที่ดูเหมือนจะได้ glossed มากกว่าพิจารณาบุคคลภายนอกจึงรู้เกี่ยวกับปัญหาเงินเฟ้อหรือมลภาวะที่มีคุณภาพที่เสื่อมสภาพ ของชีวิตดัชนีคุณภาพชีวิต: http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2011/

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ตามคุณภาพของดัชนีชีวิต 2010 , เวียดนามอันดับ 52 หลังฟิจิและไปข้างหน้าของแกมเบีย ในกรณีที่คุณไม่ทราบ , ฟิจิ เป็นเกาะขนาดเล็กในมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิกนอกชายฝั่งของออสเตรเลียและแกมเบียเป็นประเทศในทวีปแอฟริกาเองรู้จักกันของการค้าทาสในอาณานิคมอังกฤษ ทั้งพื้นที่ในศตวรรษที่ 20แต่ประเทศที่มีผลกระทบอย่างมีนัยสำคัญต่อเศรษฐกิจโลกและเหตุการณ์ล่าสุด .

ดัชนีคุณภาพชีวิตคำนวณโดยองค์กรที่อาศัยอยู่ต่างประเทศและจะขึ้นอยู่กับปัจจัยต่างๆ เช่น ค่าครองชีพ สันทนาการ วัฒนธรรม , สิ่งแวดล้อม , เสรีภาพ , สุขภาพ , &โครงสร้างพื้นฐานทางเศรษฐกิจ ความปลอดภัย ความเสี่ยง และสภาพอากาศที่สูงกว่าคะแนนเช่นกรณีของเราดีขึ้นด้วยคะแนนโดยรวมของ 86 ทำไมเวียดนามอันดับเพียง 52 ค่อนข้างตกใจเพราะมันได้รับการประกาศเกียรติคุณเป็นหน้าเสือเอเชียเพียงไม่กี่ปีที่ผ่านมา ถ้าเราพิจารณาการจัดอันดับของเวียดนามตามหมดจดในมันเป็นทุน แล้วบางทีมันก็อันดับต่อไปของประเทศเพื่อนบ้าน เช่น จีน และไทย

ในขณะที่เว็บไซต์นี้ยอมรับว่าลำเอียงการจัดอันดับถ่วงน้ำหนัก มีปัจจัยบวกที่ให้มุมมองของตะวันตกอเมริกัน ( แน่นอน ) มันทำให้จิตใจสัญญาณเตือนบางอย่าง บางอย่างที่เห็นได้ชัดแม้ปกติประชาชนตาเหมือนตัวเองในขณะที่อาศัยอยู่ในเวียดนาม ที่ผ่านมาค่าครองชีพในเวียดนามได้เพิ่มขึ้นอย่างมากในปีที่ผ่านมา ตั้งแต่ฉันย้ายมาที่นี่ในปี 2004 ซึ่งราคา สินค้าและสาธารณูปโภค เช่น ไฟฟ้า น้ำมัน ข้าว และได้ไปขึ้นเท่าที่ 50% แต่ไม่สอดคล้องกับประชาชนส่วนใหญ่ เงินเดือน เวียดนามอันดับ 71 ในพื้นที่นี้ซึ่งไม่ได้แย่ขนาดนั้น และในขณะที่การเพิ่มขึ้นของราคาไฟฟ้าที่คาดว่าจะให้ข่มขืน