National Stats of Viet nam

NATIONAL STATS
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Overview

Official name

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

National anthem

Quoc Ca Viet Nam

Orgins of the country

Form of government

Communist state/Unicameral

Area(1000 spuare km)

332

Population(thousands,1993)

69405

Population density(people/1 spuare km,1993)

215

Average life span(male/female)

Birth rate(per 1000people,1990-95)

30.7%

Death rate(per 1000people,1992)

8.0%

Literacy rate(1989)

88%(male 93%,female 83%)

Official languages

Vietnamese

Religions

Buddhism,Christianity,Taoist,Roman Catholic,indigenous beliefs,Islam,Protestant

Ethnic divisions

Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese 3%, Muong, Thai, Meo, Khmer, Man, Cham

Capital

Hanoi,920 sq.Km and population:2,099,600

Others city

Ho Chi Minh city(Saigon),2089sq.Km, population:4,180,000 and Haiphong city,1500sq.Km, population: 1,500,000

The founding of a nation

September,1945

Entry into UN

September,1977

GNP(billion US dollars

11.997

per capita GNP(US dollars)

170

GDP(billion US dollars)

9.410

per capita GDP(US dollars)

138

Foreign-exchange reserves(million US dollars,1993)

Growth rate(1993)

6.0%

Export(million US dollars,1993)

2914

Import(million US dollars,1993)

2424

Latitude

N 8`30' to N 23`22'

Longitude

E 100`30' to E 102`10'

stretches

1650 Km from North to South

Climate

Humid tropical climate

Average temperature

20c to 27c

Storm season

from Aug. to Nov.7 to 10 storms and low tropical pressures a year

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