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About Viet Nam

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The long 'S' shaped outline of Viet Nam comprises the eastern most edge of the Southeast Asian peninsula.
The long ‘S’ shaped outline of Viet Nam comprises the eastern most edge of the Southeast Asian peninsula.
The flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with a single gold star on a red field.
The flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with a single gold star on a red field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land mass: 329,247 sq km (127,123 sq miles or slightly larger than the U.S. State of New Mexico)

Terrain: low and flat in north and south; central highlands; mountainous in far north

Climate: south tropical; north monsoonal

Language: Vietnamese (official); various ethnic minority languages

Capital city: Hanoi (Ha Noi)

Largest city:  Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Government: Communist

President:  Truong Tan Sang

Secretary-general of the Communist Party: Nguyen Phu Trong

Prime minister: Nguyen Tan Dung

Population: 91.5 million (July 2012 est.)

Ethnic groups (2009 census):

  • 85.7% Kinh (Viet)
  • 1.9% Tay
  • 1.7% Tai
  • 1.5% Mường
  • 1.4% Khơ me
  • 1.1% Hoa
  • 1.1% Nùng
  • 1% Hmong
  • 4.1% Others  (The government of Viet Nam recognizes a total of 54 minority groups within the country though other sources may list 70-80.)

Population growth rate: 1.054% (2012 est.)

Urban population: 30% (2010)

Life expectancy: 73 years (men), 77 years (women)

HIV/AIDS: 0.4% (2009 est.)

Abortions per year: 1.3 million (1/3 of pregnancies; 1995 est.)

Structured Religion:  Buddhism: 50% Catholicism: 9% Hoa Hao: 2.75% Cao Dai: 2.25% Protestantism: 1.25% Islam: 0.1% Other: 34.65%  (Syncretism abounds in Viet Nam so giving a single identification for religion is problematic.  Estimates are as high as 98% of Vietnamese actively practice ancestor worship regardless of structured religion professed.)

Exchange rate: 20,586 VND = 1 USD (2011 est.)

Inflation rate: 18.6% (2011 est.)

GDP growth rate: 5.8% (2011 est.)

Unemployed: 2.3% (2011 est.)

People in poverty: 14.5% (2010 est.)

Main exports: Petroleum, rice, coffee, clothing, fish

Internet domain: .vn

International dialing code: +84

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Ha Long Bay off the northeast coast of Viet Nam is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Sources:  UN Data – A world of Information , The CIA World Factbook , Wikipedia – Vietnam , BBC – Country Profile ,  pray4vn.org

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