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Location:
South East Asia
Full country name:
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Area:
329,566 sq. km (128, 527 square miles).
Population:
Over 83 million (Growth Rate 1.2%).
Capital city:
Hanoi (population 4 million).
People:
85% ethnic Vietnamese, 3% ethnic Chinese, also Khmer, Cham (a remnant of the once great Indianised Champa Kingdom) and members of some 55 ethno-linguistic groups.
Languages:
Vietnamese, French, Chinese, English and a variety of Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian local dialects.
Religions:
Buddhism is the principal religion but there are also sizeable Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Muslim and Christian minorities.
President:
Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet.
Prime Minister:
Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung
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