Vietnam The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state. It is ruled by a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam. National Assembly elections were neither free nor fair. There was limited competition among Communist Party-vetted candidates. There were credible reports that members of the security forces committed numerous abuses. The government occasionally took corrective action, including prosecutions against officials who violated human rights or engaged in corruption, but police officers and state officials frequently acted with impunity.The overall score indicates that there are severe risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:Government corruptionTrafficking in personsSignificant restrictions on workers' freedom of associationCompulsory child labor Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 37/100 Global Rights Index 30,0/100 (4) Human Development Index 70,3/100 (0,703) Kids Rights Index 77,5/100 (0,775) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 44,0/100 (5,6) Global Slavery Index 58,5/100 (41,49) Trafficking in persons report 12,5/100 (T3) Global Gender Gap Index 70,5/100 (0,705) Rule of Law Index 49,0/100 (0,49) Fragile States Index 49,3/100 (60,9) Freedom in the World Index 19,0/100 (19) Environmental Performance Index 20,1/100 (20,1) Corruption Perceptions Index 39,0/100 (39) Equality Index 52,0/100 (52)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB