Vietnam

Head of State : Prime Minister Phan Van KHAI (since 25 September 1997)

Head of Government : Prime Minister Phan Van KHAI (since 25 September 1997)

Capital : Hanoi
Land area : 329,560 sq km

Population : 83,535,576

Language(s) :Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) Type of Government : Communist state
Religion : Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8%

Natural Resource : phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower
GDP : 7.7%

GNP :
Major import : machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles
Major export : crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes

Trade partners:
Import partners : China 13.7%, Taiwan 11.3%, South Korea 10.8%, Japan 10.5%, Singapore 10.5%, Thailand 6.2%, Hong Kong 4%

Export Partners : US 20.2%, Japan 13.6%, China 9%, Australia 7%, Germany 5.9%, Singapore 4.8%, UK 4.6% (2004)