Basic Facts
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Full name: |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
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Land area: |
329,566 sq. km. |
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Population: |
75 Million |
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Capital City: |
Hanoi |
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People: |
85% Vietnamese, 3% ethnic Chinese, also
Khmers, Chams (remnant of the once-great
Indianised Champa Kingdom) and members of
some 60 etholinguistic groups |
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Languages: |
Vietnamese, Russian, French, Chinese,
English and variety of Mon-Khmer and Melayo-Polynesian
local dialects |
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Religion: |
Buddhism is the principal religion but there
are also sizeable Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao,
Caodists, Muslim and Christian minorities |
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Government: |
Communist People�s Republic |
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