President: Nguyen Minh Triet Secretary-general of the Communist Party : Nguyen Phu Trong
Population
17,067,369
91,519,289
Life Expectancy
78.100 years
72.410 years
Capital City
Santiago
Hanoi
Largest city
Santiago (population: 4,837,300)
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330)
Human Development Index
0.874
0.718
GDP per capita
$17,400 US
$3,400 US
Literacy Rate
95.7%
90.3%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9
2.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.7%
25.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Eliodoro Matte & family ($5.9bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
6.600%
2.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances
Legal
Political System
republic
Communist state
Independence date
18 September 1810 (from Spain)
2 September 1945 (from France)
Religions
Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)
Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census)
Languages
Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Exports
copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
