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Capital Vietnam : |
Hanoi .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Vietnam :
| Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km .
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| Climate Vietnam :
| tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March) .
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| Life expectancy Vietnam :
| 70.35 years .
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| Fertility rate Vietnam :
| 2.22 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Vietnam :
| Communist state .
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| Population Vietnam :
| 82,689,518 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Vietnam :
| 329,560 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Vietnam :
| 4.402 million (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Vietnam :
| 2.742 million (2003) .
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| International Country Code Vietnam :
| 84.
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| Sex ratio total Vietnam :
| 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Vietnam ratio under 15 :
| 1.06 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Vietnam ratio 15 64 :
| 0.97 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Vietnam ratio 65 :
| 0.71 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Vietnam :
| $-1.781 billion (2003) |
| HIV Vietnam :
| 0.4% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Vietnam :
| 37% (1998 est.) |
| Literacy Vietnam :
| 90,30% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Vietnam :
| 3,60% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Vietnam :
| 29.9% (1998) |
| Inflation Vietnam :
| 3.1% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Vietnam :
| 6.1% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Vietnam :
| 3.5 million (2003) |
| Location Vietnam :
| Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia |
| Geographic Coordinates Vietnam :
| 16 00 N, 106 00 E |
| Religion Vietnam :
| Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| Administrative region Vietnam :
| 59 provinces (tinh, singular and plural) and 5 municipalities (thu do, singular and plural) |
| Terrain Vietnam :
| low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest |
| Elevation extremes lowest Vietnam :
| South China Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Vietnam :
| Fan Si Pan 3,144 m |
| Natural resources Vietnam :
| phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
| Land use arable land Vietnam :
| 19,97% |
| Land use permanentcrops Vietnam :
| 5,95% |
| Irrigated land Vietnam :
| 30,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Vietnam :
| occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
| Environment current issues Vietnam :
| logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices contribute to deforestation and soil degradation; water pollution and overfishing threaten marine life populations; groundwater contamination limits potable water supply; growing urban industrialization and population migration are rapidly degrading environment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City |
| Geography note Vietnam :
| extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at its narrowest point |
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