Heritage Foundation – 2018 Index of Economic Freedom

~ Trần Đình Hoành

Vietnam ranks 141 in 170 countries

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Free

rank country overall change rank country overall change
1 Hong Kong 90.2 +0.4 4 Switzerland 81.7 +0.2
2 Singapore 88.8 +0.2 5 Australia 80.9 -0.1
3 New Zealand 84.2 +0.5 6 Ireland 80.4 +3.7

Mostly Free

rank country overall change rank country overall change
7 Estonia 78.8 -0.3 21 Mauritius 75.1 +0.4
8 United Kingdom 78.0 +1.6 22 Malaysia 74.5 +0.7
9 Canada 77.7 -0.8 23 Norway 74.3 +0.3
10 United Arab Emirates 77.6 +0.7 24 Czech Republic 74.2 +0.9
11 Iceland 77.0 +2.6 25 Germany 74.2 +0.4
12 Denmark 76.6 +1.5 26 Finland 74.1 +0.1
13 Taiwan 76.6 +0.1 27 South Korea 73.8 -0.5
14 Luxembourg 76.4 +0.5 28 Latvia 73.6 -1.2
15 Sweden 76.3 +1.4 29 Qatar 72.6 -0.5
16 Georgia 76.2 +0.2 30 Japan 72.3 +2.7
17 Netherlands 76.2 +0.4 31 Israel 72.2 +2.5
18 United States 75.7 +0.6 32 Austria 71.8 -0.5
19 Lithuania 75.3 -0.5 33 Macedonia 71.3 +0.6
20 Chile 75.2 -1.3 34 Macau 70.9 +0.2

Moderately Free

rank country overall change rank country overall change
35 Botswana 69.9 -0.2 66 Dominica 64.5 +0.8
36 Vanuatu 69.5 +2.1 67 Azerbaijan 64.3 +0.7
37 Romania 69.4 -0.3 68 Montenegro 64.3 +2.3
38 Uruguay 69.2 -0.5 69 Indonesia 64.2 +2.3
39 Rwanda 69.1 +1.5 70 Brunei Darussalam 64.2 -5.6
40 Jamaica 69.1 -0.4 71 France 63.9 +0.6
41 Kazakhstan 69.1 +0.1 72 Portugal 63.4 +0.8
42 Colombia 68.9 -0.8 73 Guatemala 63.4 +0.4
43 Peru 68.7 -0.2 74 The Bahamas 63.3 +2.2
44 Armenia 68.7 -1.6 75 El Salvador 63.2 -0.9
45 Poland 68.5 +0.2 76 Tonga 63.1 +0.1
46 Malta 68.5 +0.8 77 South Africa 63.0 +0.7
47 Bulgaria 68.3 +0.4 78 Kyrgyz Republic 62.8 +1.7
48 Cyprus 67.8 -0.1 79 Italy 62.5 0.0
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67.7 +2.5 80 Serbia 62.5 +3.6
50 Bahrain 67.7 -0.8 81 Kuwait 62.2 -2.9
51 Saint Lucia 67.6 +2.6 82 Paraguay 62.1 -0.3
52 Belgium 67.5 -0.3 83 Uganda 62.0 +1.1
53 Thailand 67.1 +0.9 84 Fiji 62.0 -1.4
54 Panama 67.0 +0.7 85 Côte d’Ivoire 62.0 -1.0
55 Hungary 66.7 +0.9 86 Morocco 61.9 +0.4
56 Kosovo 66.6 -1.3 87 Bhutan 61.8 +3.4
57 Costa Rica 65.6 +0.6 88 Seychelles 61.6 -0.2
58 Turkey 65.4 +0.2 89 Dominican Republic 61.6 -1.3
59 Slovakia 65.3 -0.4 90 Samoa 61.5 +3.1
60 Spain 65.1 +1.5 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.4 +1.2
61 Philippines 65.0 -0.6 92 Croatia 61.0 +1.6
62 Jordan 64.9 -1.8 93 Oman 61.0 -1.1
63 Mexico 64.8 +1.2 94 Honduras 60.6 +1.8
64 Slovenia 64.8 +5.6 95 Burkina Faso 60.0 +0.4
65 Albania 64.5 +0.1 96 Cabo Verde 60.0 +3.1

Mostly Unfree

rank country overall change rank country overall change
97 Tanzania 59.9 +1.3 129 Kenya 54.7 +1.2
98 Saudi Arabia 59.6 -4.8 130 India 54.5 +1.9
99 Tunisia 58.9 +3.2 131 Pakistan 54.4 +1.6
100 Nicaragua 58.9 -0.3 132 Zambia 54.3 -1.5
101 Cambodia 58.7 -0.8 133 Nepal 54.1 -1.0
102 Guyana 58.7 +0.2 134 Mauritania 54.0 -0.4
103 Namibia 58.5 -4.0 135 Burma 53.9 +1.4
104 Nigeria 58.5 +1.4 136 Lesotho 53.9 0.0
105 Moldova 58.4 +0.4 137 São Tomé and Príncipe 53.6 -1.8
106 Tajikistan 58.3 +0.1 138 Laos 53.6 -0.4
107 Russia 58.2 +1.1 139 Egypt 53.4 +0.8
108 Belarus 58.1 -0.5 140 Lebanon 53.2 -0.1
109 Gabon 58.0 -0.6 141 Vietnam 53.1 +0.7
110 China 57.8 +0.4 142 Ethiopia 52.8 +0.1
111 Sri Lanka 57.8 +0.4 143 Micronesia 52.3 -1.8
112 Trinidad and Tobago 57.7 -3.5 144 Argentina 52.3 +1.9
113 Mali 57.6 -1.0 145 The Gambia 52.3 -1.1
114 Solomon Islands 57.5 +2.5 146 Guinea 52.2 +4.6
115 Greece 57.3 +2.3 147 Democratic Republic of Congo 52.1 -4.3
116 Belize 57.1 -1.5 148 Malawi 52.0 -0.2
117 Barbados 57.0 +2.5 149 Cameroon 51.9 +0.1
118 Guinea-Bissau 56.9 +0.8 150 Ukraine 51.9 +3.8
119 Madagascar 56.8 -0.6 151 Sierra Leone 51.8 -0.8
120 Benin 56.7 -2.5 152 Uzbekistan 51.5 -0.8
121 Comoros 56.2 +0.4 153 Brazil 51.4 -1.5
122 Ghana 56.0 -0.2 154 Afghanistan 51.3 +2.4
123 Swaziland 55.9 -5.2 155 Maldives 51.1 +0.8
124 Haiti 55.8 +6.2 156 Iran 50.9 +0.4
125 Mongolia 55.7 +0.9 157 Burundi 50.9 -2.3
126 Senegal 55.7 -0.2 158 Liberia 50.9 +1.8
127 Papua New Guinea 55.7 +4.8 159 Kiribati 50.8 -0.1
128 Bangladesh 55.1 +0.1

Repressed

rank country overall change rank country overall change
160 Niger 49.5 -1.3 171 Djibouti 45.1 -1.6
161 Sudan 49.4 +0.6 172 Algeria 44.7 -1.8
162 Chad 49.3 +0.3 173 Bolivia 44.1 -3.6
163 Central African Republic 49.2 -2.6 174 Zimbabwe 44.0 0.0
164 Angola 48.6 +0.1 175 Equatorial Guinea 42.0 -3.0
165 Ecuador 48.5 -0.8 176 Eritrea 41.7 -0.5
166 Suriname 48.1 +0.1 177 Republic of Congo 38.9 -1.1
167 Timor-Leste 48.1 +1.8 178 Cuba 31.9 -2.0
168 Togo 47.8 -5.4 179 Venezuela 25.2 -1.8
169 Turkmenistan 47.1 -0.3 180 North Korea 5.8 +0.9
170 Mozambique 46.3 -3.6

Not Ranked

rank country overall change rank country overall change
N/A Iraq N/A N/A N/A Somalia N/A N/A
N/A Libya N/A N/A N/A Syria N/A N/A
N/A Liechtenstein N/A N/A
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I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn. . I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC. I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters. I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law. I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam. In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship. Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam. I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN. I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism. In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net). I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries. I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi: "Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011) "10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013) "Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023) I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.

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