Country PESTEL analysis · 2026

Vietnam PESTEL Analysis 2026

The external environment of Vietnam, a upper middle-income economy in East Asia & Pacific, read across the six PESTEL dimensions from the latest published statistics. This free summary shows the balance and one headline reading per dimension; the full PestelPro report interprets every reading, maps how the dimensions push on each other and turns that into a SWOT you can act on.

Dimension balance

Political
53

Political stability is rated +0.12 on the −2.5 to +2.5 governance scale (2025) and government effectiveness +0.18.

Economic
95

GDP grew 8.0% in 2025 with consumer inflation at 3.3% and lending rates at 9.3% (2023).

Social
47

The population is growing 0.6% a year (2025) and college enrollment stands at 38% of the age group (2024).

Technological
49

84% of people use the internet (2024) and research and development spending is 0.41% of GDP (2023).

Environmental
56

Fine-particle (PM2.5) exposure averages 24.8 µg/m³ (2023) against the WHO guideline of 5 and natural-resource rents are 2.5% of GDP (2021).

Legal
47

Rule of law is rated −0.17 on the −2.5 to +2.5 governance scale (2025).

Scores place each dimension’s headline readings on fixed public reference bands (0 to 100, higher is more favourable). Dimensions whose readings have no universal good direction are shown but not scored. The full report’s interaction radar is a different, deeper analysis.

Headline readings

Political stability
+0.12on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale, 2025
↑ up from +0.02 in 2024
GDP growth
8.0% a year, 2025
↑ up from 7.0 in 2024
Population growth
0.6% a year, 2025
→ about the same as 0.6 in 2024
Internet use
84% of people, 2024
↑ up from 78 in 2023
Fine-particle (PM2.5) air pollution
24.8µg/m³, 2023
↓ down from 25.5 in 2022
Rule of law
−0.17on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale, 2025
↑ up from −0.30 in 2024

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Readings are the latest published figures, shown with the year they describe, from sources last updated 2026-10-08; they refresh daily. Where no current reading is published the gap is shown, not filled. Includes data from the World Bank, licensed under CC BY 4.0. This page is general information, not professional advice.