(VOVworld) - Hanoi has been selected as one of the four happiest cities in the Asia-Pacific region by MasterCard – a global leading company in payment.

According to the company’s recent happiness index, Hanoi ranked fourth with 71 points behind India’s Bangalore, Indonesia's Jakarta, and India’s New Delhi. The index came out as a result of a survey conducted among 9,000 people living in 33 cities in 17 countries across the region to measure the level of their life enjoyment based on four categories: job and finance, safety from threats, personal happiness, and life satisfaction.