GENERAL INFORMATION OF

VIET NAM

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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

Detail Data of Vietnam

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