Assessment of the differentiation of people’s living standards in the South Central Coast (Vietnam) by statistical clustering method and composite score scale

Raising people's living standards and aiming for equality and sustainability for the population community are the main orientation in socio-economic development strategies in countries and territories. The article presents the results of assessing the distribution of living standards of the population in the South Central Coast in 2020 on the basis of approaching 4 groups of criteria and concretizing them into 10 criteria. By specific research methods, in which statistical grouping method and synthetic scale play the leading role. The assessment results show that the living standards of the people in the region are clearly differentiated: The high group is Da Nang city; Fairly high group includes Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa; The medium group includes Binh Thuan and Quang Ngai; The fairly low group includes Quang Nam; The low group includes Phu Yen and Ninh Thuan. The research results are the basis for proposing orientations and solutions by assessing the potentials and strengths of development resources towards a stable and sustainable living standard.