 Vietnam
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
16 00 N, 106 00 E |
| Area |
total: 329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km |
| Climate |
tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) |
| Terrain |
low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest |
| Population |
85,262,356 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
| Imports |
machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles |
| Exports |
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes |
| Hazards |
occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
| Resources |
phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
| Geography |
extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at its narrowest point |
| Nationality |
noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural) adjective: Vietnamese |
| Capital |
name: Hanoi geographic coordinates: 21 02 N, 105 51 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.vn |
| Internet Users |
13.1 million (2006) |
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