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achievements in greening its economy. According to GreenMatch(2024), The report
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) from Yale University ranked Switzerland

ninth. The Green Future Index (GFI) ranked it 14th. Its CO2 emissions per capita and
yearly average PM2.5 concentrations are relatively low, with 4.07 tons and 10.8 μg/m³
respectively. Switzerland’s score on the EPI's sanitation and drinking water indicators
is perfect, indicating that it has one of the world's lowest DALY rates (age-
standardized disability-adjusted life years lost per 100,000 people). The country's
objective of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2050 demonstrates its forward-
thinking attitude. In general, it is ranked fifth on the Green Match list. Third, I find that
Switzerland and Vietnam have some common geographical features so that Vietnam can

implement their successful lessons. For example, both countries are rich in water
resources. Switzerland is famous for having so many lakes, and Vietnam has many
rivers. Switzerland has vast mountainous areas, and so does Vietnam.
This study is primarily based on the Green Match’s rank of the greenest countries
in the world. The rank is based on four different prestigious reports, namely:
- The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) from Yale University which is a

data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world. The report uses 58
performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on
climate change performance, environmental health, and ecosystem vitality.
- The 2020 report from the EU's Joint Research Centre (JRC) looked at the fossil
CO2 emissions for over 200 countries and territories and figures of CO2 emissions per
capita to account for population rise.
- The Green Future Index (GFI) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT) ranks nations and territories due to their progress and commitment toward a
sustainable future.
- The IQAir information platform supplies the world's biggest free real-time air
quality information platform and data on the annual average PM2.5 concentration for
117 countries worldwide.
After having read documents about these reports and other sources such as ASEM

Eco-Innovation, Green Match, Paris Agreement, Switzerland, and Vietnam policies on
environment and environmental articles, I have analyzed, evaluated, and come to the
following findings.
2.3. Findings
Although the Vietnamese government first approved the decision to develop a
green economy in 2012, two years after Switzerland started planning theirs in 2010, our
achievements are much less modest than the European country. Switzerland ranked
number 5 of the greenest countries in the Green Match rank, while Vietnam ranked near

the end of the list. I have studied a lot of documents and found out their secrets.
The government’s detailed and long-term strategies
To prepare for the greening process, Switzerland’s government provided a detailed
and long-term plan that played a vital role in their successful transformation.

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