Location: South East Asia, it is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, and Cambodia to the southwest.
Full Country Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam,
Total Area: 329,566 sq. km (128, 527 square miles).
Population: 85,7 million (2009) and the growth rate is about 1.2%.
Capital City: Hanoi (population about 4 million).
People: 85% Vietnamese (Kinh), 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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