Highlights:
• High adult literacy rate (90.3% of ages 15 and above)

• Long life expectancy at birth (74 years)

• Progres on poverty reduction with the poverty rate falling from 58% in 1993 to 20% in
  2004

Challenges:
• Very low healthcare spend per capita of US$17 vs US$40 for China and US$112 for
  Thailand

• Only 56% of Vietnam polulation have access to clean water

• Low electrification rates in rural areas

• Income discrepancy between urban adn rural areas

• Child labor