A Multidimensional Provincial Competitiveness Index for Sustainable Development Assessment

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Objectives: This study develops and demonstrates the Vietnam Provincial Complex Competitiveness Index (VPCC), a multidimensional index for assessing provincial competitiveness and sustainable development capacity beyond business-environment rankings. Methods: The VPCC integrates 91 indicators from official statistical and governance datasets, including GSO, PCI, PAPI, PAR Index, SIPAS, PGI, DTI, and PEPI. Indicators are organized into four formative pillars: institutional and business environment, economic and innovation capacity, social and quality-of-life conditions, and sustainable development. The index is constructed through Z-score standardization, hierarchical aggregation, correlation-based redundancy adjustment, sensitivity checks, and a what-if simulation that improves each province's weakest indicators to the sample mean to identify reform priorities. Findings: A pilot application to six Red River Delta localities shows clear structural disparities: Hai Phong ranks highest, followed by Quang Ninh and Hanoi, while Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, and Ninh Binh remain below the sample average. Hai Phong's strength lies in institutions and sustainability, Quang Ninh shows the most balanced profile, Hanoi combines strong social capacity with economic and environmental constraints, and lower-ranked provinces face different institutional, social, and sustainability bottlenecks. Novelty: The VPCC advances existing indices by combining multidimensional benchmarking with diagnostic policy simulation for evidence-informed provincial reform planning and regional development strategies.

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