Vietnam

Official Name:

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)

Area:

329.560 km ²

Population (2007):

85.262.356 inhabitants

Coastline:

3.444 km (excludes islands)

Capital:

Hanoi

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Political divisions:

59 provinces (tinh, singular and plural) and 5 municipalities (thanh pho, singular and plural) provinces: An Giang, Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, Cao Bang, Dac Lak, Dac Nong, Dien Bien, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia Lai, Ha Giang, Ha Nam, Ha Tay, Ha Tinh, Hai Duong, Hau Giang, Hoa Binh, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Kon Tum, Lai Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Long An, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Ninh, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Son La, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Long, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai. Municipalities: Can Tho, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh

Language(s):

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

National holiday:

Independence Day, 2 September (1945)

Nationality:

Vietnamese (singular and plural)

Official time:

UTC 7.

Member of:

ACCT (observer), APEC, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.vn

Economic Profile

Currency:

Dong (VND)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD 3.100 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 48.430.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

8,2% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 20,1%
• Industry: 41,8%
• Services: 38,1%

Labor force:

44.580.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2005):

• Agriculture 56,8%
• Industry: 37%
• Services 6,2%

Unemployment rate:

2% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

7,5% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

32,6% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD 15.420.000.000
• Expenditures: USD 16.630.000.000

Public debt:

47,5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD 1.029.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 39.920.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes

Exports - Partners:

US 18,3%, Japan 13,6%, China 9%, Australia 7,9%, Singapore 5,6% (2005)

Imports:

USD 39.160.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles

Imports - partners:

China 15,6%, Singapore 12,4%, Taiwan 11,7%, Japan 11,1%, South Korea 9,7%, Thailand 6,5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 11.920.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 21.860.000.000 (2006)