Country
Vietnam Fiji
Leader
Population
91,519,289 890,057
Life Expectancy
72.410 years 71.590 years
Capital City
Hanoi Suva (on Viti Levu)
Largest city
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330) Suva (population: 77,366)
Human Development Index
0.718 0.743 GDP per capita $3,400 US $4,700 US
Literacy Rate
90.3% 93.7%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7 NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.8% 0% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 2.300% 7.600%
Death Penalty
Legal Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
Communist state republic
Independence date
2 September 1945 (from France) 10 October 1970 (from UK) 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) Christian 53% (Methodist 34.5%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Assembly of God 3.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.6%, other 4.9%), Hindu 34% (Sanatan 25%, Arya Samaj 1.2%, other 7.8%), Muslim 7% (Sunni 4.2%. other 2.8%), other or unspecified 5.6%, none 0.3% (1996 census) Languages Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani Exports crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil External Debt $39,730,000,000 $ $258,700,000 US Exchange Rate dong (VND) per US dollar - 16,548.3 (2008 est.), 16,119 (2007), 15,983 (2006), 15,746 (2005), NA (2004) Fijian dollars (FJD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1.7313 (2006), 1.691 (2005), 1.7331 (2004), 1.8958 (2003) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 2.500% 1.900% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 1 0 Location Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Area 331,210 km sq 18,274 km sq Coastline 3,444 km 1,129 km Climate tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
