| Country (long form) |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Capital |
Hanoi |
| Total Area |
127,243.83 sq mi
329,560.00 sq km
(slightly larger than New Mexico) |
| Population |
79,939,014 (July 2001 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
119,003,660 |
| Languages |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
| Literacy |
93.7% total, 96.5% male, 91.2% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| Life Expectancy |
67.12 male, 72.19 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
Communist state |
| Currency |
1 new dong (D) = 100 xu |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,950 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
food processing, garments, shoes, machine building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper |
| Agriculture |
paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas, sugar; poultry, pigs; fish |
| Arable Land |
17% |
| Natural Resources |
phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
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