In the GII report 2017, Viet Nam was at the 47th place among 127 economies over the world.
According to the report, Ukraine, Moldova and Viet Nam stand out for effectively translating innovation investments into results, performing better than would be expected by their levels of inputs.
ASEAN economies are making great progress in innovation indicators, yet with significant differences in performance. As for the other economies in the group, Viet Nam shows the best scores in expenditure on education and trademarks by origin.
The report notes that the consistent improvement in performance that is evident in Institutions for Viet Nam is behind these advances.
By Vien Nhu