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Science in Vietnam

Vietnam ranks #53 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#53 all time), with 82k research works and 13.9% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#53
of 192 · #53 all time
Works, 2022–2025
82k
▲ 185% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
55%
world 63%

What is Vietnam strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Vietnam ranks highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#18 of 110), Economics and Econometrics (#18 of 101) and Business, Management and Accounting (#23 of 113). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Civil and Structural Engineering and Numerical Analysis.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #18 of 110 28.9%3,259 Institutions
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #18 of 101 32.5%2,286 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #23 of 113 27.9%4,751 Institutions
AccountingSubfield #16 of 66 28.8%956 Institutions
MarketingSubfield #15 of 56 35.1%829 Institutions
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #18 of 67 27.4%612 Institutions
FinanceSubfield #16 of 54 23.3%523
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #25 of 80 25.2%1,378 Institutions
EngineeringField #42 of 134 11.3%15,995 Institutions
Social SciencesField #48 of 151 19.5%7,340 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #41 of 122 17.1%2,989 Institutions
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #21 of 62 25.2%610

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. EcologySubfield · 3,373.8 works5.2×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 2,467.6 works2.6×
  3. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 174.9 works2.5×
  4. MarketingSubfield · 828.8 works2.4×
  5. Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 44.2 works2.4×
  6. PharmacologySubfield · 360.6 works2.4×
  7. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 338.1 works2.3×
  8. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 449.0 works2.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 4,719 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 3,097 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 555 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 458 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 483 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 273 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.05× its world share, 1,344 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 8,031 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1,014 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 1,028 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 16k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.87× its world share, 7,603 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.23× its world share, 3,518 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 1,527 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 1,021 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 253 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 1,003 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 9,678 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 337 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 73 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 1,454 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.80× its world share, 4,751 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 1,327 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 3,259 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 1,600 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 7,340 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Vietnam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, GIS-based Evaluation, Fuzzy Mathematics, Set Pair Analysis, Deep Learning, Vietnam, Machine Learning and Economy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning4,124▲ 1.47×85 topics
  2. Risk Assessment3,328▲ 6.0×29 topics
  3. Machine Learning3,169▲ 1.18×96 topics
  4. GIS-based Evaluation2,895▲ 108×2 topics
  5. Fuzzy Mathematics2,874▲ 168×1 topic
  6. Set Pair Analysis2,874▲ 168×1 topic
  7. Environmental Impact2,221▲ 1.60×71 topics
  8. Epidemiology2,134▼ 0.66×138 topics
  9. Sustainability2,121◆ 1.07×121 topics
  10. Climate Change1,994◆ 0.91×117 topics
  11. Neural Networks1,972▲ 1.57×41 topics
  12. Economic Growth1,664▲ 2.4×36 topics
  13. Renewable Energy1,646▲ 1.40×58 topics
  14. Globalization1,590◆ 0.99×146 topics
  15. Nanomaterials1,439▲ 1.66×21 topics
  16. Antioxidant1,344▲ 2.4×51 topics
  17. History1,243▲ 2.2×50 topics
  18. Biomedical Applications1,236▲ 1.28×36 topics
  19. Identity1,216▲ 2.0×61 topics
  20. Religion1,213▲ 3.1×35 topics
  21. Remote Sensing1,192▲ 1.18×41 topics
  22. Vietnam1,164▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Culture1,152▲ 2.7×36 topics
  24. Gender1,142▲ 2.6×49 topics
  25. Colonialism1,135▲ 2.9×40 topics
  26. Energy Efficiency1,124▲ 1.46×44 topics
  27. Innovation1,116▲ 1.30×77 topics
  28. Politics1,108▲ 5.0×21 topics
  29. Society1,096▲ 7.0×18 topics
  30. Convolutional Neural Networks1,094▲ 1.83×14 topics
  31. Economy1,089▲ 17×7 topics
  32. Higher Education942▲ 2.1×30 topics
  33. Consumer Behavior931▲ 1.80×19 topics
  34. Anti-inflammatory876▲ 3.9×29 topics
  35. Medicinal Plants849▲ 2.6×20 topics
  36. Environmental Management790▲ 2.4×23 topics
  37. Infrastructure673▲ 6.6×8 topics
  38. Biological Activities556▲ 4.3×10 topics
  39. Monitoring546▲ 7.2×5 topics
  40. Second Language Acquisition465▲ 6.5×3 topics

Which universities in Vietnam lead research?

Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Duy Tan University and University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City rank highest in Vietnam on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 20.8733%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City: 5,152, 13.7%Duy Tan University: 1,323, 22.8%University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City: 1,595, 39.8%National Economics University: 1,158, 36.0%FPT University: 1,658, 23.7%Vietnam National University, Hanoi: 2,248, 17.9%Hanoi University of Science and Technology: 3,846, 11.5%Van Lang University: 992, 26.7%Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology: 2,402, 12.6%Phenikaa University: 1,013, 20.6%Can Tho University: 3,209, 12.6%Trường ĐH Nguyễn Tất Thành: 1,302, 13.7%Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology: 2,762, 8.7%RMIT Vietnam: 548, 37.9%Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City: 1,593, 14.9%University of Econom…National Economics U…Duy Tan UniversityVietnam National Uni…
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One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh CityUniversity · Ho Chi Minh City · #1,601 worldwide13.7% top 10% · 5.2k works
  2. 2Duy Tan UniversityUniversity · Da Nang · #1,603 worldwide22.8% top 10% · 1.3k works
  3. 3University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityUniversity · Ho Chi Minh City · #1,945 worldwide39.8% top 10% · 1.6k works
  4. 4National Economics UniversityUniversity · Hanoi · #2,258 worldwide36.0% top 10% · 1.2k works
  5. 5FPT UniversityUniversity · Hanoi · #2,392 worldwide23.7% top 10% · 1.7k works
  6. 6Vietnam National University, HanoiUniversity · Hanoi · #2,662 worldwide17.9% top 10% · 2.2k works
  7. 7Hanoi University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Hanoi · #2,750 worldwide11.5% top 10% · 3.8k works
  8. 8Van Lang UniversityUniversity · Ho Chi Minh City · #2,791 worldwide26.7% top 10% · 992 works
  9. 9Ho Chi Minh City University of TechnologyUniversity · Ho Chi Minh City · #2,949 worldwide12.6% top 10% · 2.4k works
  10. 10Phenikaa UniversityUniversity · Hanoi · #3,422 worldwide20.6% top 10% · 1k works
  11. 11Can Tho UniversityUniversity · Can Tho · #3,443 worldwide12.6% top 10% · 3.2k works
  12. 12Trường ĐH Nguyễn Tất ThànhUniversity · Ho Chi Minh City · #3,597 worldwide13.7% top 10% · 1.3k works
  13. 13Vietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyGovernment institution · Hanoi · #3,697 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 2.8k works
  14. 14RMIT VietnamUniversity · Ho Chi Minh City · #3,966 worldwide37.9% top 10% · 548 works
  15. 15Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh CityUniversity · Ho Chi Minh City · #4,401 worldwide14.9% top 10% · 1.6k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Vietnam

Who are the top researchers in Vietnam?

Bach Xuan Tran, Jeremy Farrar and Dinh‐Toi Chu rank highest among researchers based in Vietnam.

  1. 1 Bach Xuan Tran · #2,017 worldwide 8.2k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Jeremy Farrar · #3,480 worldwide 1.5k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Dinh‐Toi Chu · #7,594 worldwide 2.1k citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Stephen Baker · #7,868 worldwide 755 citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Long Hoang Nguyen · #11,430 worldwide 2.2k citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Bay Vo · #17,181 worldwide 980 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Binh Thai Pham · #25,492 worldwide 729 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 H. Nguyen‐Xuan · #31,789 worldwide 991 citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Cameron P. Simmons · #34,206 worldwide 1.3k citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Guy Thwaites · #34,769 worldwide 482 citations · 77 works
Top researchers in Vietnam

Which cities in Vietnam are research hubs?

  1. 1 Hanoi Vietnam 86k works
  2. 2 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 60k works

How open and international is Vietnam's research?

55% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 30% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.7%domestic only70.3%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Vietnam's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 185% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Vietnam