Facts and Figures

Full name: Vietnam

Nationality
        noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
        adjective: Vietnamese

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Area
        total: 329,560 sq km
        land: 325,360 sq km 
        water: 4,200 sq km

Population: 83,535,576 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups 
        Vietnamese 85%-90%
        Chinese
        Hmong
        Thai
        Khmer
        Cham
        mountain groups 

Capital: Hanoi, population 1,075,000

Largest Cities
        Haiphong - 785,000
        Da Nang - 385,000
        Nha Trang - 225,000

Official Language
        Vietnamese (official)
        English (increasingly favored as a second language)
        French
        Chinese
        Khmer
        mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) 

Religion
        Buddhist
        Hoa Hao
        Cao Dai
        Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant)
        indigenous beliefs
        Muslim

Political system: Communist state

GDP: purchasing power parity - $227.2 billion (2004 est.) 

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: 7.7% (2004 est.) 

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 21.8%
        industry: 40.1%
        services: 38.1% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 9.5% (2004 est.) 

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