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Socialist Republic of Vietnam
National name: Công Hòa Xa Hôi Chú Nghia Viêt Nam
President: Tran Duc Luong (1997)
Prime Minister: Phan Van Khai (1997)
Area: 127,243 sq mi (329,560 sq km)
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Population (2004 est.): 82,689,518 (growth rate: 1.3%);
birth rate: 19.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 29.9/1000; life
expectancy: 70.4; density per sq mi: 650
Capital
(2003 est.): Hanoi, 2,543,700 (metro. area),
1,396,500 (city proper)
Largest cities: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), 5,894,100
(metro. area), 3,415,300 (city proper); Haiphong, 581,600; Da
Nang, 452,700; Hué 271,900; Nha Trang, 270,100; Qui Nho'n,
199,700
Monetary unit: Dong
Languages:
Vietnamese (official); English (increasingly favored as a second
language); some French, Chinese, Khmer; mountain area languages
(Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Ethnicity/race:
Vietnamese 85%–90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham,
mountain groups
Religions:
Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman
Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim
Literacy rate: 94% (2003 est.)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (2000). Internet
users: 400,000 (2002). |