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| AREA |
331,114
sq km (127,844 sq miles). |
| POPULATION |
75,355,200 (1996). |
| POPULATION DENSITY |
227.6 per sq km. |
| CAPITAL |
Hanoi. |
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POPULATION |
2,154,900 (1993). |
| GEOGRAPHY |
Vietnam shares borders
to the north with the People's Republic
of China and to the west with Laos and Cambodia.
The South China Sea lies to the east and
south. The land is principally agricultural
with a central tropical rainforest. |
| GOVERNMENT |
Socialist republic
since 1980. Gained independence from France
in 1954. Head of State: Chairman Trân
Duc Luong since 1997. Head of Government:
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai since 1997. |
| LANGUAGE |
Vietnamese is the official
language. English, French, Chinese and occasionally
Russian and German are spoken. |
| RELIGION |
Buddhist majority.
There are Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao, Caodaist
and Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic)
minorities. |
| STANDARD
TIME |
GMT + 7. |
| ELECTRICITY |
220 volts AC, 50Hz. |
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