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Ha Pham · Lives in Hanoi, Vietnam 4y

Vietnam officially has a much lower GDP (PPP) per capita than Greece. Why do cities in Vietnam nevertheless look much more modern, clean, and developed than those in Greece?

Vietnam has a lower GDP (PPP) per capita than Greece because it has a big population, about 10 times of Greece. In fact, Vietnam GDP is nearly double Greece in nominal value and more than triple in PPP.

List of countries by GDP (PPP)

Of Vietnam GDP, the 2 largest metropolitans of Hanoi (and 3 surrounding provinces) and Saigon (and 3 surrounding provinces) contribute upto 60% approximately USD 0.7T (PPP), about double size of Greece as a whole. That’s being said Greece is just on par with 2 biggest cities in Vietnam. Moreover, Greece is fully grown as it is developed, but Vietnam is still growing, this moment is not the limit of Vietnam. You can see in the very near future, each of the 2 cities of Vietnam will surpass Greece. Vietnam apparantly has better human and financial resources than at least a Greece after debt crisis.

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