President: Nguyen Minh Triet Secretary-general of the Communist Party : Nguyen Phu Trong
Micronesia, in the western Pacific, consists of some 600 islands grouped into four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk) and Yap.
Population
91,519,289
106,487
Life Expectancy
72.410 years
71.800 years
Capital City
Hanoi
Largest city
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330)
Weno (population: 17,624)
Human Development Index
0.718
NA
GDP per capita
$3,400 US
Literacy Rate
90.3%
89%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.8%
NA
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
2.300%
Death Penalty
Legal
NA
Political System
Communist state
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force May 2004
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)
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3%
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 and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
