Country Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Area: 329,566 sq km Population: 75 million Capital City: Hanoi (pop one million) People: 85% ethnic Vietnamese, 3% ethnic Chinese, plus Khmers, Chams, and members of some 60 ethnolinguistic groups. Languages: Vietnamese, Russian, French, Chinese, English, plus Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian dialects. Religion: 52% Buddist, 28.5% Taoist and Confucian, 10% Christian, 4% Caodai, 3% animist, 2% Hao Hao, and 0.5% Muslim. Government: Communist People's Republic Currency: Vietnamese dong (d) Time Zone: Seven hours ahead of GMT/UTC Country Code: 84 Electricity: 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.