President: Nguyen Minh Triet Secretary-general of the Communist Party : Nguyen Phu Trong
President: Serge Sarkisian
Population
91,519,289
2,970,495
Life Expectancy
72.410 years
73.490 years
Capital City
Hanoi
Yerevan
Largest city
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330)
Yerevan (population: 1,093,480)
Human Development Index
0.718
0.777
GDP per capita
$3,400 US
$5,500 US
Literacy Rate
90.3%
99.4%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7
2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.8%
8.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
2.300%
5.900%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
Communist state
republic
Independence date
2 September 1945 (from France)
21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
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)
Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
Languages
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
