Evaluating the Green Index in the Red River Delta Provinces in Vietnam towards the Goal of Sustainable Development

The Red River Delta region is a particularly important area in terms of politics, economics, culture, society, defense, security and foreign affairs of the country. To develop industries in the Red River Delta towards modernity, competitiveness, high added value and deep and comprehensive participation in the production network and global value chain, environmentally friendly behavior is required of businesses plays an extremely important role. Vietnam is adopting the Provincial Green Index to evaluate and rank environmentally friendly localities from the perspective of business practices: Level of compliance with environmental laws; current status of application of environmentally friendly technology by local businesses, level of management and environmental behavior of businesses, level of interest, and policies to encourage environmentally friendly investment activities of local government and many other important environmental issues. This article aims to learn, analyze, and evaluate the scores of components of the provincial green index for provinces and cities in the Red River Delta region.