The provinces and cities in the top 10 in terms of PII index are concentrated in the Red River Delta and the Southeast region. These are places where industry, construction, and services account for a high proportion in the economic structure, with many industrial parks, developed infrastructure, and scientific, technological, and innovation activities. New and powerful innovation.
In contrast, localities in the last group are concentrated mainly in the Central Highlands, Midlands and Northern mountainous regions. These are places with limited socio-economic development, geographical locations, and natural conditions that are not favorable for the development and application of science, technology, and innovation.
However, direct comparison between localities is only relative, not the main purpose of the Index, because each locality has different conditions, characteristics, and development orientations.
Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat. Photo: Trong Dat
Sharing at the announcement ceremony, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat said: “The PII index set will be a useful document, providing a scientific and practical basis for agencies, organizations, individuals and local leaders to use in building and implementing policies to promote development. Socio-economic development based on science, technology and innovation”.
“The Ministry of Science and Technology also believes that this will be a useful reference for investors on the development environment and resource conditions for production and business activities in localities.”, said Minister Huynh Thanh Dat.
The PII index is built closely to the structure of the Global Innovation Index GII (Global Innovation Index) published annually by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Previously, the GII Index was used by the Government since 2017 to refer to, develop and promulgate policies to promote innovation in Vietnam.
The 2023 PII index set has 52 indicators, divided into 7 pillars, including 5 input factors that create conditions for development: Institutions; Human capital and research and development; The infrastructure; Market development level; The level of development of the enterprise and the two output pillars reflect the results: knowledge, creativity and technology products; Impact.
Data to build the PII 2023 index is taken from two main sources, including officially published statistics and management data from central ministries, departments and branches and data collected by localities. , provide.