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Viet Nam |
General
Profile
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering
the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China
Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia. Area: total:
329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km
Climate: tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot,
rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry
season (mid-October to mid-March) Terrain: low, flat
delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly,
mountainous in far north and nortwest Capital: Hanoi
Administrative divisions: 59 provinces (tinh) and 5
municipalities (thu do) : provinces: An Giang, Bac
Giang, Bac Kan, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ben
Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan,Ca
Mau, Cao Bang, Dac Lak, Dac Nong, Dien Bien, Dong Nai,
Dong Thap, Gia Lai,Ha Giang, Hai Duong, Ha Nam, Ha Tay,
Ha Tinh, Hau Giang, Hoa Binh, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien
Giang, Kon Tum, Lai Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Son, Lao Cai,
Long An, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu
Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang
Ninh, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Son La, Tay Ninh,Thai Binh,
Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Tien Giang, Tra
Vinh, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Long, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai:
municipalities: Can Tho, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Ho
Chi Minh Population: 83,535,576 (2005 est.) Ethnic
groups: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong
1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, other
4.1% Nationality: noun: Vietnamese adjective: Vietnamese
Languages: Vietnamese (official), English, French,
Chinese, and Khmer; hilltribe languages (Mon-Khmer and
Malayo-Polynesian) Religions: Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic
6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%,
Muslim 0.1%, no affiliation 80.8% Literacy: 90.3%
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Political
Profile
Government type: Communist state
Executive branch: • chief of state: President Tran Duc
LUONG (since September 1997) • head of government: Prime
Minister Phan Van KHAI (since September 1997); First
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan DUNG (since September
1997); Deputy Prime Ministers Vu KHOAN (August 2002) and
Pham Gia KHIEM (since September 1997) • cabinet: Cabinet
appointed by president based on proposal of prime
minister and ratification of National Assembly •
elections: president elected by the National Assembly
from among its members for a five-year term National
Holiday: 2 September (1945) ACD Member: ACD Member since
2002 Prime Mover (PM) on Working Group: Human Resources
Development Co-Prime Mover on Working Group: None
Vietnam government official web site: www.vietnam.gov.vn
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Economical
Profile
Currency (code): dong (VND) GDP: $251.8
billion (2005 est.) GDP per capita: $3,000 (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities: marine products, rice, coffee,
rubber, tea, garments, shoes Exports - partners: US,
Japan, China, Australia, Germany, Singapore, UK Imports
- commodities: machinery and equipment, petroleum
products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain,
cement, motorcycles Imports - partners: China, Taiwan,
South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong
Agriculture - products: paddy rice, coffee, fish and
seafood, rubber, cotton, tea, paper, soybeans, cashews,
sugarcane, peanut, bananas, poultry Industries: food
processing, garments, shoes, machine building, mining,
cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, oil, coal, steel,
paper Source : The World Fact Book 2005
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