| Land area (sq. km) |
325,490.00 |
WDI |
| Arable land (% of land area) |
20.52 |
WDI |
| Population, total |
82,162,088.00 |
WDI |
| Population growth (annual %) |
1.04 |
WDI |
| Population density (people per sq. km) |
252.43 |
WDI |
| Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) |
90.28 |
WDI/UN/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years) |
70.29 |
WDI |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
17.40 |
WDI |
| Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)** |
19.5 (2004 est.) |
WDI/CIA/UNICEF |
| Urban population (% of total) |
25.98 |
WDI |
| Ethnic breakdown |
Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census) |
CIA |
| Religious breakdown |
Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census) |
CIA |
| Language |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
CIA |
| Capital City |
Hanoi |
CIA |
| Character of government |
Communist state; Administrative Division: 59 provinces ; Independence day: 2 September 1945 (from France) |
CIA* |
| Current President/Prime Minister |
President Nguyen Minh TRIET (since 27 June 2006) and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan DUNG (since 27 June 2006) |
CIA* |
| Executive branch description |
President is the chief of state and Prime Minister is the head of government; cabinet: Cabinet appointed by president based on proposal of prime minister and confirmed by National Assembly ; elections: president elected by the National Assembly from among the members of the National Assembly |
CIA* |
| Legislative branch description |
unicameral National Assembly or Quoc-Hoi (498 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
CIA* |
| Judicial branch description |
Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president) |
CIA |
| Women in national parliament (% of total) |
27.00 |
WDI |
| Foreign aid per capita (current US$) |
22.28 |
WDI |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflow (BoP, current US$ bn) ** |
1.61 |
WDI |
| GDP growth (annual %) |
7.69 |
WDI |
| GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$) |
501.99 |
WDI |
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) |
7.80 |
WDI |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
2.50 |
WDI/CIA/WRI |
| Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) |
2.65 (1994) |
WDI/WRI/Dept of State/UNICEF |
| Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
1.50 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Education expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
1.50 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Main export |
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes |
CIA |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) |
2.14 |
WDI/CIA |
| External debt, total (DOD, current US$) |
17,825,300,480.00 |
WDI/CIA |
| Currency |
Dong (VND) |
CIA |
| Local Currency Rate, per US$ |
15,510 (2003) |
CIA |
| Internet users (per 1,000 people) |
71.44 |
WDI/Comp Industry Almanac |
| Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) |
60.37 |
WDI |
| Personal computers (per 1,000 people) |
12.71 |
WDI |
| Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) |
70.28 |
WDI |
