Country Name:
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
Area:
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329,566
sq km |
Population:
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75 million |
Capital City:
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Hanoi (pop
one million) |
People:
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85% ethnic Vietnamese, 3%
ethnic Chinese, plus Khmers, Chams, and members of some
60 ethnolinguistic groups. |
Languages:
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Vietnamese,
Russian, French, Chinese, English, plus Mon-Khmer and
Malayo-Polynesian dialects. |
Religion:
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52% Buddist, 28.5% Taoist
and Confucian, 10% Christian, 4% Caodai, 3% animist,
2% Hao Hao, and 0.5% Muslim. |
Government:
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Communist People's Republic |
Currency:
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Vietnamese dong (d) |
Time Zone:
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Seven hours ahead of GMT/UTC |
Country Code:
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84 |
Electricity:
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Mostly 220V, 50AC, but also
many 110V; in the South, most outlets take flat, two-pin
plugs, while in the North plugs are generally round
and two-pin. |
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