Vietnam's sustainable development statistical indicators

Contents

Purpose and main structure
2.1. Full list of the 145 indicators
Who uses it and how
3.1. Linking national indicators to company indicators
Practical example
Notes for use in Vietnam

Bộ chỉ tiêu thống kê phát triển bền vững của Việt Nam · Ảnh: FTS CSRA

Overview and origin

Item	Details
Vietnamese name	Bộ chỉ tiêu thống kê phát triển bền vững của Việt Nam
English name	Vietnam's Sustainable Development Statistical Indicators (VSDG indicators)
Issuer / administrator	Issued under Circular 02/2025/TT-BKHDT of 3 January 2025 by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (statistics functions now sit under the Ministry of Finance after the 2025 restructuring). The national statistics office leads collection, compilation and publication.
Nature	A legal normative document on state statistics; it sets the list (Appendix I) and each indicator's content: concept, calculation, disaggregation, publication period, data source and responsible agency (Appendix II).
Reference scope	Vietnam's 17 sustainable development goals (VSDGs); used to monitor and evaluate implementation of the 2030 Agenda and for international comparison.

Circular 02/2025/TT-BKHDT took effect on 10 March 2025, replacing Circular 03/2019/TT-BKHDT of 22 January 2019 (158 indicators). The new set has 145 indicators, reviewed against the UN global indicator framework and the targets of the National Action Plan for the 2030 Agenda.

Purpose and main structure

Purpose: provide unified statistics to monitor and evaluate progress on Vietnam's sustainable development goals, for policymaking and international reporting. Codes follow Goal.Target.Number (e.g., 8.5.2 – Unemployment rate); a final letter (a, b, c…) marks Vietnam-specific additional indicators.

Figure 1. Distribution of the 145 statistical indicators across Vietnam's 17 sustainable development goals. (AI-generated image) / Hình 1. Phân bổ 145 chỉ tiêu thống kê theo 17 mục tiêu phát triển bền vững của Việt Nam. (Ảnh do AI tạo)

2.1. Full list of the 145 indicators

Indicator names follow Appendix I of Circular 02/2025/TT-BKHDT, translated by FTS CSRA; some long names are shortened, so check the original wording for official citations.

Code	Indicator
	Goal 1 – No poverty
1.1.1	Population below the international poverty line
1.2.1	Multidimensional poverty rate
1.2.2	Multidimensional child poverty rate
1.3.1.a	Workers covered by social insurance
1.3.1.b	Workers covered by unemployment insurance
1.3.1.c	Population covered by health insurance
1.3.1.d	People receiving social, health and unemployment insurance benefits
1.3.1.e	People receiving monthly social assistance in the community
1.3.1.g	People receiving emergency social assistance
1.3.1.h	People cared for in social protection facilities
1.4.1	Population in households with access to basic services
	Goal 2 – Zero hunger
2.1.2	Prevalence of food insecurity
2.2.1	Stunting among children under 5
2.2.2.a	Wasting among children under 5
2.2.2.b	Overweight and obesity among children under 5
2.3.1	Labour productivity in agriculture, forestry and fisheries
2.3.2	Average income of agriculture, forestry and fisheries workers
2.4.1	Share of agricultural land under productive and sustainable use
2.5.1.a	Plant genetic resources conserved
2.5.1.b	Animal genetic resources conserved
2.c.1	Consumer price index for food
	Goal 3 – Good health and well-being
3.1.1	Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births
3.1.2	Births attended by skilled health personnel
3.2.1	Under-5 mortality rate
3.2.2.a	Infant mortality rate
3.3.1.a	Detected people living with HIV per 100,000 population
3.3.2	Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 population
3.3.3	Malaria incidence per 100,000 population
3.5.2	Harmful alcohol use among people aged 15+
3.6.1	Road traffic accidents, deaths and injuries
3.7.1	Women 15–49 with family-planning needs met by modern methods
3.7.2	Adolescent birth rate (10–14; 15–19)
3.8.1	Coverage of essential health services
3.8.2	Population with large household health expenditure
3.a.1	Tobacco use among people aged 15+
3.b.1	Children under 1 fully immunized
3.c.1	Health workers per 10,000 population
	Goal 4 – Quality education
4.1.1	School enrolment rate
4.1.2	Completion rate of primary, lower and upper secondary
4.2.2	Five-year-olds enrolled in kindergarten
4.3.1.a	University students per 10,000 population
4.3.1.b	Share of trained workers
4.4.1	People 15–64 with ICT skills
4.5.1	Gender parity index in education
4.6.1	Literacy rate, population 15+
4.7.1	Schools teaching gender, violence-prevention and HIV content
4.a.1	Schools with electricity, internet and computers for learning
4.c.1	Teachers meeting the qualification standard
	Goal 5 – Gender equality
5.1.1.a	Sex ratio at birth
5.2.1	Women and girls 15+ subjected to intimate-partner violence
5.2.2	Women and girls 15+ subjected to non-partner sexual violence
5.3.1	Women 20–24 first married before 15 and before 18
5.3.1.a	Child marriage rate
5.4.1	Time spent on unpaid domestic and care work
5.5.1.a	Women in the National Assembly
5.5.1.b	Women in People's Councils
5.5.2	Women in leadership positions
5.6.1	Women 15–49 making their own reproductive health decisions
5.a.1	Households with land-use certificates for farmland
5.b.1	People owning a mobile phone
	Goal 6 – Clean water and sanitation
6.1.1	Population using hygienic water sources
6.2.1	Population using hygienic toilets
6.3.1	Urban wastewater collected and treated to standard
6.3.1.a	Industrial parks with compliant central wastewater treatment
6.4.1.a	Large reservoirs monitored to maintain minimum flows
6.4.1.b	Large reservoirs operated under inter-reservoir rules
6.6.1.a	Ramsar sites established and recognised
	Goal 7 – Affordable and clean energy
7.1.1	Population with electricity
7.1.2	Households using clean fuels
7.2.1	Renewable share of final energy consumption
7.3.1.a	Total primary energy supply per GDP
7.3.1.b	Energy consumption relative to GDP
7.b.1	Installed renewable energy capacity
	Goal 8 – Decent work and economic growth
8.1.1	Growth rate of GDP per capita
8.1.1.b	GDP growth rate
8.2.1	Labour productivity growth
8.3.1	Informal employment rate
8.5.1	Average income per employed worker
8.5.2	Unemployment rate
8.6.1	Youth 15–24 not in employment, education or training
8.7.1	Children 5–17 engaged in labour
8.8.1	People injured in occupational accidents
8.9.1	Tourism share of GDP
8.10.1	Bank branches and ATMs per 100,000 adults
8.10.2	Adults 15+ with an account at a bank or authorised provider
	Goal 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure
9.1.2.a	Passenger volumes carried and passenger-km
9.1.2.b	Freight volumes carried and tonne-km
9.2.1.a	Manufacturing value added as share of GDP
9.2.1.b	Manufacturing value added per capita (PPP)
9.2.2	Manufacturing employment share
9.3.2	SMEs with outstanding loans at credit institutions
9.5.1	R&D expenditure as share of GDP
9.5.2	Researchers per million population
9.c.1	Population covered by a mobile network
9.c.2	Households covered by fibre broadband
	Goal 10 – Reduced inequalities
10.1.1.a	Income growth of the bottom 40% per capita
10.1.1.b	Expenditure growth of the bottom 40% per capita
10.2.1	People living below 50% of median income
10.4.1	Labour share of GDP
10.4.2	Gini coefficient of income distribution
10.7.1	Recruitment cost borne by migrant workers vs. monthly income
	Goal 11 – Sustainable cities and communities
11.1.1	Population living in temporary housing
11.5.1	Disaster deaths, missing and injured per 100,000
11.5.2	Economic losses from disasters
11.6.1	Urban municipal solid waste collected and treated
11.8.1	Communes meeting new-rural-area standards
11.8.2	Rural household solid waste collected and treated
	Goal 12 – Responsible consumption and production
12.4.2	Hazardous waste collected and treated
12.4.3	Contaminated land sites treated and restored
	Goal 13 – Climate action
13.1.1	Disaster deaths, missing and injured per 100,000
13.2.2	Greenhouse gas emissions per capita
13.3.1.a	GHG-emitting facilities with emission-reduction plans
13.3.2	Population reached with disaster-prevention awareness
	Goal 14 – Life below water
14.1.1.a	Coastal water monitoring points meeting national standards
14.5.1	Marine and coastal protected areas as share of national waters
	Goal 15 – Life on land
15.1.1	Forest cover
15.1.2	Terrestrial protected areas as share of land area
15.2.1.a	Forest area protected
15.3.1	Share of degraded land
15.6.1	Provinces participating in the national genetic resources database
15.6.2	Access and benefit-sharing applications
	Goal 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions
16.1.1	Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000
16.1.3	Population subjected to violence
16.1.4	Population feeling safe walking alone after dark
16.2.1	Children experiencing physical or psychological punishment by caregivers
16.2.2	Detected victims of human trafficking per 100,000
16.2.3	People 18–29 who experienced sexual violence before 18
16.3.1	Violence victims who reported to competent authorities
16.4.2	Illegal weapons, explosives and support tools seized
16.5.1	People paying informal charges for public services
16.5.2	Businesses paying informal charges for public services
16.6.1	State budget spending vs. approved estimates
16.6.2	Population satisfied with public services
16.9.1	Children under 5 with registered births
	Goal 17 – Partnerships for the goals
17.1.1	State budget revenue as share of GDP
17.1.2	Share of spending funded by tax revenue
17.3.1.a	ODA and concessional loans from foreign donors
17.3.1.b	Foreign investment into Vietnam
17.4.1	External debt service vs. exports of goods and services
17.6.1	Broadband internet subscriptions per 100 people
17.8.1	Internet users
17.11.1	Value of merchandise exports and imports
17.17.1	Public-private partnership projects
17.19.1	Birth registration rate
17.19.2	Death registration rate

Who uses it and how

Implementers: the national statistics office leads; ministries, ministerial-level and government agencies, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy collect and compile their assigned indicators and submit them for consolidation and publication. Users: policymakers, provinces, researchers, international organizations, companies and civil society.

Look up indicators relevant to your sector and location.
Use published data as baseline and context when building a Theory of Change or materiality assessment.
Choose matching company indicators to report your contribution (see table 3.1).
Align definitions and methods with Appendix II so data is comparable.
Present contributions by national indicator code in the sustainability report.

3.1. Linking national indicators to company indicators

National indicator	Matching company indicator	Framework link
1.3.1.a / 1.3.1.b	% of employees with social and unemployment insurance	CSI L15; GRI 401-2
4.3.1.b	% trained employees; average training hours	CSI I17; GRI 404-1
5.5.2	% women in leadership and management	CSI I12, I13; GRI 405-1
6.3.1.a	% of wastewater treated to standard before discharge	CSI I33; GRI 303-4
7.2.1 / 7.3.1.b	% renewable energy; energy intensity	CSI I25, I26; GRI 103 (302)
8.8.1	People injured in occupational accidents	CSI I19; GRI 403-9
12.4.2	% of hazardous waste collected and treated	CSI E5; GRI 306-3
13.3.1.a	Has a GHG emission-reduction plan	CSI E21; GRI 102-1
16.5.2	No informal payments; anti-corruption policy	CSI G18; GRI 205

Figure 2. How indicators are collected, compiled and published; the change from Circular 03/2019 to Circular 02/2025. (AI-generated image) / Hình 2. Quy trình thu thập, tổng hợp và công bố chỉ tiêu; thay đổi từ Thông tư 03/2019 sang Thông tư 02/2025. (Ảnh do AI tạo)

Practical example

Hypothetical case: Textile Company S (Nam Dinh), 3,000 workers, wants to present its contribution to Vietnam's SDGs in its 2026 sustainability report.

Code	National indicator	Company data
1.3.1.a	Workers covered by social insurance	100% of contracted workers insured (compare with published provincial average)
5.5.2	Women in leadership positions	42% of team-leader-and-above roles held by women
8.8.1	People injured in occupational accidents	4 cases, down 50% year on year
6.3.1.a	Industrial parks with compliant central wastewater treatment	Plant 100% connected to the park's central treatment plant
13.3.1.a	GHG-emitting facilities with reduction plans	Inventory done; plan to cut emission intensity 15% by 2030

Notes for use in Vietnam

Use the right version: from 10 March 2025 cite Circular 02/2025/TT-BKHDT; codes and names changed from Circular 03/2019.
Focal agency: after the 2025 restructuring, check the current name of the statistics office and publication contact before citing.
National vs. company indicators: a company does not “meet” a national indicator but contributes to it; state the scope clearly.
Different publication periods: many indicators are annual, biennial or five-yearly (from censuses) – check Appendix II before using them as baselines.
Link to international frameworks: codes follow the global SDG framework, making it easy to cross-reference GRI, IRIS+ and the SDG Impact Standards.