THE QUALITY OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE MEKONG DELTA THROUGH SOME MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

Abstract

The article studies the quality of economic growth in the Mekong Delta through macroeconomic indicators, including economic growth, income, unemployment rate, poverty rate, life expectancy, mortality rate, and environment. The study is based on secondary data taken from the General Statistics Office 2021, the main analysis method is descriptive statistics, with the analysis of mean, absolute and relative differences in GDP indicators, income disparity, unemployment rate, poverty rate, death rate. The results show that the quality of economic growth is still mainly growth by scale, not growth in depth, the indicators showing stability and sustainability are not really satisfactory. Specifically, the unemployment rate is still increasing, people's health is not in good condition, and environmental pollution is increasing. The research results provide the basis for suggesting policies in order to improve the quality of economic growth for the Mekong Delta.