Country (long form) : Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Capital : Hanoi

Total Area :127,243.83 sq mi 329,560.00 sq km

Population : 78,773,873 (July 2000 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050 : 119,003,660

Languages : Vietnamese (official), Chinese, English, French, Khmer, tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)

Literacy : 93.7% total, 96.5% male, 91.2% female (1995 est.)

Religions : Buddhist, Taoist, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Protestant, Cao Dai, Hoa Hao

Life Expectancy : 66.84 male, 71.87 female (2000 est.)

Government Type : Communist state

Currency : 1 new dong (D) = 100 xu

GDP (per capita) : $1,850 (1999 est.)

Labor Force (by occupation) : agriculture 67%, industry and services 33% (1997 est.)

Industry : food processing, garments, shoes, machine building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper

Agriculture : paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas; poultry, pigs; fish

Arable Land : 17%

Exports : crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes

Imports : machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles

Natural Resources : phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower

Current Environmental Issues : logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices contribute to deforestation and soil degradation; water pollution and overfishing threaten marine life populations; groundwater contamination limits potable water supply; growing urban industrialization and population migration are rapidly degrading environment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

Telephones (main lines in use) : 775,000 (1995)

Telephones (mobile cellular) : 178,000 (1998)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 5 (1999)