Country
Vietnam
Leader
Population
92,477,857
Life Expectancy
72.650 years
Capital City
Hanoi
Largest city
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330) (population: )
Human Development Index
0.718 NA GDP per capita $3,500 US
Literacy Rate
90.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7 NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.8% NA Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 4.500%
Death Penalty
Legal NA
Political System
Communist state
Independence date
2 September 1945 (from France) 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) Languages Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) Exports crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes External Debt $41,850,000,000 $ Exchange Rate dong (VND) per US dollar - 16,548.3 (2008 est.), 16,119 (2007), 15,983 (2006), 15,746 (2005), NA (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 2.500% 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 Area 331,210 km sq Coastline 3,444 km Climate tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
