Vietnam
Facts
Area:
Total: 204789 sq miles
Land: 202179 sq miles
Water: 2,610 sq miles
Climate:
Tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
Elevation Extremes:
Lowest point: South China Sea 0 ft
Highest point: Fan Si Pan 10,312 ft
Population:
84,402,966
Ethnic Groups:
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)
Religions:
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)
Languages:
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Country name
Conventional long form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Conventional short form: Vietnam
Local long form: Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam
Local short form: Viet Nam
Abbreviation: SRV
Government type:
Communist state
Capital:
Hanoi
Independence:
2 September 1945 (from France)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,800 (2005 est.)
Currency:
Vietnamese dong (VND)
Time Zone:
GMT +7
Country Dialing Code:
+84
Electricity:
220V 50HzHz