
Vietnam steps up in global competitiveness
Inthe report, which was announced on Sept. 9, Switzerland stands at thetop of the ranks, followed by Sweden , Singapore and the US .
InAsia, Singapore was evaluated as the economy with the mostcompetitiveness as it maintained third place in the rankings. Japanranked sixth in the freshly-announced ranking.
The rankings arebased on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), a survey of executives'perceptions and hard data on a country's so-called 12 "pillars":institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health andprimary education, higher education and training, goods marketefficiency, labour market efficiency, financial market development,technological readiness, market size, business sophistication, andinnovation./.
(Source: http://en.vietnamplus.vn)

