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GEOGRAPHY & PEOPLE
 
Population: 83,305,000
Capital: Hanoi; 3,977,000
Area: 331,114 square kilometers (127,844 square miles)
Language: Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese, Khmer, local languages
Religion: Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian, indigenous beliefs, Muslim
Currency: Dong
Life Expectancy: 72
GDP per Capita: U.S. $2,300
Literacy Percent: 94

GOVERNMENT

Type: Single-party constitutional republic (Communist Party).
Independence: September 2, 1945.
Constitution: April 15, 1992.
Branches: Executive--president (head of state and chair of National Defense and Security Council) and prime minister (heads cabinet of ministries and commissions). Legislative--National Assembly. Judicial--Supreme People's Court; Prosecutorial Supreme People's Procuracy.
Administrative subdivisions: 58 provinces, 5 municipalities (Can Tho, Haiphong, Danang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City).
Political party: Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) with over 3 million members, formerly (1951-76) Vietnam Worker's Party, itself the successor of the Indochinese Communist Party founded in 1930.
Suffrage: Universal over 18.

ECONOMY
 
Industry: Food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building
Agriculture: Paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber; poultry; fish
Exports: Crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber