Vietnam

Introduction

Capital: Hanoi

Population

Total Population: 85,154,900

Annual growth rate: 1.2%

Density: 275 inhabitant/km²

Urban population: 27.4%

Population of main cities including suburbs: Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh City (5,650,000); Hanoi (2,250,000); HaiPhong City (825,000); Danang City (700,000).

Ethnic Origins: There are more than 54 ethnic minorities throughout the country, but the Kinh are purveyors of the dominant culture. Most ethnic minorities, such as the Muong, a closely related ethnic of the Kinh, are found mostly in the highlands covering two-thirds of the territory. The Hoa (ethnic Chinese) and Khmer Krom are mainly lowlanders. The largest ethnic minority groups include the Hmong, Dao, Tay, Thai, and Nung.

Official Language: Vietnamese

Other languages spoken: French and Chinese are also spoken.

Business language: Vietnamese, then English and Chinese. French, Japanese and Korean are also spoken.

Religion: Buddhists 85%, Christians 8%, Others 7%.

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Hanoi

Exchange rate on :

National currency:
Vietnamese Dong (VND)

Country overview

Type of State: Single Party Socialist Republic.

Type of economy: Developing economy.
One of the fastest-growing economies of South-East Asia. The second largest rice exporter in the world. Besides rice, key exports are coffe, tea, rubber, and fishery products. The top manufacturing sectors are food processing, cigarettes and tobacco, textiles, chemicals, electrical goods, crude oil.

HDI*: 0,718/1

HDI (world rank): 114th/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Vietnam, dial 00
To call in Vietnam, dial +84

Internet suffix: .vn

Computers: 1.3 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 33.1 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 20.8 per 100 inhabitants

Access to electricity: 84% of the population

Foreign trade in figures

Foreign trade indicators	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Imports of goods (millions USD)	22,730	28,772	34,886	42,602	58,921
Exports of goods (millions USD)	20,149	26,485	32,447	39,826	48,561
Imports of services (millions USD)	4,050	4,739	4,472	5,108	6,924
Exports of services (millions USD)	3,272	3,867	4,176	5,100	6,030