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[Vietnam] 97.3% of Vietnamese feel happy- it’s related to [Freedom of choice of life] and [tolerance] are related

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According to the 2019 World Values Survey, an international project, Vietnam ranked first in the world with 97.3% of respondents answering "very/fairly happy" to the question "How happy are you?". Real GDP growth that year was 7.36%, the second highest growth rate in the last 10 years. Since then, the economy has continued to grow, despite a sharp decline due to the new Corona disaster. Japan, on the other hand, ranked 37th with 88.3%.


The difference in happiness between the two countries seems to be related to "freedom of life choice": Vietnam ranked 65th in the World Happiness Ranking (137 countries) released by the United Nations in March 2023. Although not a high ranking, the country has been improving its ranking every year from 94th place in 2019, and is characterized by the high ranking of "freedom of life choice" in 7th place among the items.


New positions and services are being created in Vietnam on the back of economic growth, increasing the number of options for work, life, and the future. It can be said that the expanded range of choices available to one's self is associated with happiness. If one acquires new skills, technologies, and languages, one can say that one's efforts are easily rewarded regardless of age or gender.


On the other hand, Japan ranks 47th in terms of happiness. Japan ranks 47th in terms of well-being, second in terms of healthy life expectancy, but 135th in terms of generosity, a significant drop. In Vietnam, where social security is less well-developed than in Japan, the country relies heavily on donations from philanthropists and communities to the poor, as well as mutual assistance from neighbors.


The results of a study by Yale University in the U.S., which found that "helping others increases the sense of happiness," also indicates that "generosity" is one of the factors that contribute to a sense of happiness. The Vietnamese people's high sense of happiness is sure to further boost their economic development in the future.

　“97.3% of Vietnamese feel happy- it’s related to [Freedom of choice of life] and [tolerance] are related” from ACCESS (Mar. 2023)

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