Ha Noi leads Viet Nam’s 2025 Provincial Innovation Index
VGP - For the third consecutive year, Ha Noi topped the 2025 provincial innovation index, followed by Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong and Hue.
The Ministry of Science and Technology announced the 2025 Provincial Innovation Index, with Ha Noi leading and Cao Bang ranking lowest on October 1 in Ha Noi.
The top 10 provinces and cities include Ha Noi (1st), Ho Chi Minh City (2nd), and Quang Ninh (3rd). They were followed by Hai Phong (4th), Hue (5th), Bac Ninh (6th), Hung Yen (7th), Da Nang (8th), Khanh Hoa (9th), and Can Tho (10th).
Viet Nam also localized the index into the Provincial Innovation Index (PII), enabling localities to self-assess, foster competition, and connect intellectual property policies with innovation.
The Party and the State have clearly defined the direction of transforming Viet Nam's growth model from relying on increased input factors to one based on productivity, labor quality, science, technology and innovation.
To realize this orientation, building a system of evaluation indicators has been considered an important step in providing a scientific foundation for socio-economic policy-making.
At the national level, since 2017, the government applied the Global Innovation Index (GII) developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
At the local level, the Provincial Innovation Index (PII) was piloted in 2022 and officially implemented nationwide in 2023.
The PII was built according to international standards, based on methodologies and calculation techniques transferred directly from WIPO's GII.
The index has been independently validated by WIPO experts, confirming its compliance with international quality standards in statistics and methodology, making it a reliable tool for assessing provincial innovation capacity.
After its introduction, local governments have actively studied, analyzed and used PII results as the basis for planning and assigning tasks to departments and agencies to improve each component indicator.
As a result, the PII has been highly valued as a scientific and practical foundation that helps provinces identify their strengths, weaknesses, potentials and conditions for development, from which to formulate appropriate policies.
At the GII 2025 launch event in Ha Noi on September 25, WIPO Director General stated: "Viet Nam's PII is fostering healthy competition and positive learning among provinces."
WIPO also praised Viet Nam's model, inviting representatives to share experiences with member countries in 2024./.
