Vietnam honours 100 sustainable enterprises across manufacturing and trade-services at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 5. (Photo: VNA)
Notably, the top 10 in both categories comprised 60 per cent domestic firms and 40 per cent foreign-invested companies, highlighting strong progress by Vietnamese enterprises and showing that the sustainability space is no longer dominated by FDI firms with established governance systems.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc praised VCCI for a decade of developing the Corporate Sustainability Index (CSI) and running the programme for ten consecutive years.
He urged firms to persist and innovate in adopting responsible, sustainable business models, and to improve governance, transparency and accountability by applying the CSI to expand access to green finance.
VCCI president and head of the CSI 2025 steering committee Ho Sy Hung said that beyond evaluation, VCCI aims to support, guide and connect enterprises so the CSI becomes an ecosystem driving national sustainable business transformation.
In 2025, the CSI programme attracted more than 500 enterprises of various types and sizes nationwide, with 147 shortlisted for official scoring. More than 20 per cent were first-time participants, and around 30 per cent were listed companies on Vietnam’s stock exchanges, the highest number to date.
With CSI 2025 issuing its first version tailored for micro and small enterprises, alongside the existing version for medium and large firms, the programme saw strong engagement from this new group. For the first time, micro and small enterprises were recognised in the top 100.
VCCI vice president Nguyen Quang Vinh said the CSI will remain a priority mechanism to be expanded to strengthen the internal capacity of Vietnamese enterprises and generate added value for the wider business community.
