Basic Information

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Last Updated：17th Jan 2017

General

Nation	Social Republic of Vietnam
Capital	Hanoi ( 7.25 million)
Independence day	September 2nd 1945
Politics	One-party state
Army	Vietnam’s People Army
Currency	Vietnam Dong

Geography

Location	Southeast Asia
Provinces	5 municipalities and 58 provinces
Area	330966.9 km2
Climate	Tropical and Monsoon
Time zone	GMT+7

Demography

Population (2016 Feb)	94.1 million rank 14 in world and 8 in Asia
Density	305 people/km2
Urban population	32.2 million (33.6%)
Average age	30.8
Languages	Vietnamese, Minorities’ languages
Main language	Vietnamese
Ethnicity	54 Ethnic groups (87% total)
Life expectancy at birth	73
Religion	Buddhism, Cathlicism, Cao Dai
HDI (2014)	0.666

Economy

GDP (nominal, 2016)	4,502,700 billion
Per capita	48.6 billion (2,215 USD)
GDP growth rate (2016)	6.21%
CPI growth rate (2016 Dec)	4.74%
Unemployment rate (2016 Jun)	2.06%
Exchange rate ( 2017 Jan)	1 USD=22,620 VND 1JPY=193.21 VND

Data Source：General Statistics Office

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