In Vietnam since the renovation, along with economic growth, the income levels and living standards of the people has been changing. In social welfare, spending for education and health care have increased. In other words, effective implementation of social security is an indicator of sustainable development. | Vietnam Social Sciences, No. 1(159) - 2014 REAL SITUATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND SOME ISSUES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN REGION IN 2011-2020 VU TUAN HUY * Abstract: Sustainable development is the development which balance among the economic, social, and ecological goals to maintain the integrity of the system. The goals of sustainable development are to ensure not only the growth, but also the justice from welfare perspective. If economic growth is the indicator of development, then good social security is a synthetic indicator of economic development and social progress toward sustainability. In Vietnam since the renovation, along with economic growth, the income levels and living standards of the people has been changing. In social welfare, spending for education and health care have increased. In other words, effective implementation of social security is an indicator of sustainable development. Key words: sustainability, sustainable development, social security, social welfare, justice, social progress. Introduction results show that the progress in implementing One of the basic principles of sustainable social security is goals of sustainable development is to maintain the balance development in our country today.(*) among the development factors. If economic Based on the results from ministerial- growth is the indicator of development, level Research Program “Perspectives and then good social security is a synthetic solutions for Sustainable Development in indicator of economic development and the Northern region of Vietnam for 2011- social progress toward sustainability. In 2020 period”, this paper analyzes a number Vietnam since the renovation, along with of factors in social sustainable development economic growth, the income levels and such as income, living standards, population living standards of the people has been in relation to social security through a changing. Results of Living Standards number of .
