Country (long form) |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
Capital |
Hanoi |
Total Area |
127,243.83 sq mi 329,560.00 sq km (slightly larger than New Mexico) |
Population |
79,939,014 (July 2001 est.) |
Estimated Population in 2050 |
119,003,660 |
Languages |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
Literacy |
93.7% total, 96.5% male, 91.2% female (1995 est.) |
Religions |
Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
Life Expectancy |
67.12 male, 72.19 female (2001 est.) |
Government Type |
Communist state |
Currency |
1 new dong (D) = 100 xu |
GDP (per capita) |
$1,950 (2000 est.) |
Industry |
food processing, garments, shoes, machine building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper |
Agriculture |
paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas, sugar; poultry, pigs; fish |
Arable Land |
17% |
Natural Resources |
phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
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