During the 2016-2020 period, the Southeast coastal area has had positive socio-economic changes. Using the method of synthesizing, analyzing and comparing data from secondary sources, the author focuses on evaluating the achievements in the socio-economic transformation of the region in the period 2016-2020: economic growth rate, economic restructuring, urban development and infrastructure, human resource development and job creation, health care, social security issues. On that basis, the article suggests some policies to overcome the shortcomings and limitations in the socio-economic transformation of the Southeast coastal area.