Thanh Nien News
Vietnam has risen in the world's largest ranking
of countries by English skills from “low proficiency” to “moderate
proficiency.”
EF Education First released Tuesday the fifth
edition of its annual EF English Proficiency Index, which profiles all 70
ranked countries using test data from 910,000 adult English language learners.
The survey scored Vietnam at 53.81, ranking it
29th out of 70 countries globally and fifth out of 16 Asian countries.
Last year it had ranked 33rd out of 63
non-native English speaking countries.
Sweden came first this year scoring 70.94,
followed by the Netherlands and Denmark.
Vietnam ranks above several countries in the
region, such as China at 47, Thailand at 62 and Cambodia at 69.
Adults in Hanoi are a little bit more proficient
than those in Ho Chi Minh City, scoring 55.49 compared to 53.64, according to
the report.
The report also showed that Vietnamese women
speak better English than men.
Vietnam is among the top performers in
the region, ahead of Japan and China. Graphic: EF
