According to the report, Viet Nam shows the second best rank of Southeast Asia in expenditure on education and also performs well in labor productivity growth, economy-wide investment, and foreign direct investment net inflows. Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and the UK are the world’s most-innovative countries, the report said. Each year, the Global Innovation Index surveys some 130 economies using dozens of metrics, from patent filings to education spending, providing decision makers a high-level look at the innovative activity that increasingly drives economic and social growth.