COUNTRY NAME

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

LOCATION

Southeastern Asia

POPULATION

82,689,518 (July 2004 est.)

CAPITAL

Hanoi

GOVERNMENT

Communist State

COUNTRY SIZE

Slightly larger than New Mexico

POP. GROWTH

1.3% (2004 est.)

LIFE EXPECTANCY

70.35 years

LITERACY RATE

90.3% (age 15 and over)

PER CAPITA GDP

$2,500 (2003 est.)

CURRENCY

Dong (VND)


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ETHNIC GROUPS

Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain groups

RELIGIONS

Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim

LANGUAGES

Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer