Hanoi has been selected as one of the four happiest cities in the Asian-Pacific region by MasterCard – a global leading company in payment, reports Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
According to the company's recent happiness index, Hanoi ranked fourth with71 points behind India's Bangalore (73.2 points), Indonesia's Jakarta (72.1points), and India's New Delhi (71.7 points).
The index came out as a result of a survey conducted among 9,000 peopleliving in 33 cities in 17 countries across the region to measure the level oftheir life enjoyment based on four categories: job and finance, safety fromthreats, personal happiness, and life satisfaction.
Scores of the four factors range from zero to 100 points.
Hanoi scored 73.3 points in terms of life satisfaction to rank second inthe region, just after Myanmar's Mandalay city (84.9 points).
The Vietnamese capital ranked fifth in the "safety from threats" categorywith 64.3 points, sixth in "job and finance" with 75.7 points, and fifth in"personal happiness" with 70.9 points.
Source: MasterCard selects Hanoi as one of the four happiest cities in the Asia-Pacific region
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