Georgraphy
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| Location
| Borders China, Laos, and Cambodia, as well as the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea.
| Area
| 331,689km2 (128,065 sq mi)
| Climate
| Tropical and monsoonal; rainy season May to September; hot, dry season October to April.
| Terrain
| Low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest.
| Natural Resources
| Phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydro power.
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| People
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| Population
| 84,402,966 (July 2006 est.)
| Age Structure
(2006 est.)
| 27% 0-14 years
67% 15-64 years
5.8% 65 years and over
| Median Age
(2006 est.)
| 25.9 years (total)
24.8 (male)
27.1 (female)
| Population Growth Rate
| 1.02% (2006 est.)
| Birth Rate
| 16.86 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
| Death Rate
| 6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
| Life Expectancy
(2006 est.)
| 70.85 years (total)
68.05 years (male)
73.85 years (female)
| Nationality
| Vietnamese
| Literacy
| 90.3% (total)
93.9% (male)
86.9% (female)
| Government
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| Government Type
| Communist State
| Country Name
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam (conventional short form)
Viet Nam (local short form)
SRV (abbreviation)
| Capital
| Ha Noi
| Administrative Divisions
| 59 provinces; municipalities Can Tho, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh.
| Independence
| September 2, 1945 (from France)
| Legal System
| Based on communist legal theory and French civil law system.
| Suffrage
| 18 years of age
| Economy
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| GDP
(2005 est.)
| $251.8 billion
$3,000 (per capita)
| Labor Force
| 44.39 million (2005 est.)
56.8% - agriculture
37% - industry
6.2% - services
| Agriculture Products
| Paddy rice, coffee, rubber, cotton, tea, pepper, soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas; poultry; fish, seafood.
| Industries
| Food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal, steel; cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, paper.
| Export Commodities
| Crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes.
| Export Partners
| US 21.3%, Japan 13.4%, Australia 8.1%, China 7.5%, Singapore 5.4%, Germany 5.1% (2005)
| Import Commodities
| Machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles.
| Import Partners
| China 15.5%, Singapore 12.2%, Taiwan 11.3%, South Korea 10.7%, Japan 9.9%, Thailand 6.5% (2005).
| Currency
| Dong
| Currency Code
| VND
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