Country:            VietNam
Capital:              Hanoi
Area:                  329,247 KmSq.
Population:                  82.5 mil.
Population Growth:    1.3% (2004)                                     Birth Rate:   19.58/1,000    Death Rate    6.14/1,000        Sex:                                           At Birth:          1.08 male/female  under 15 yrs:   1 .06 male/female   15-64:             0.97 male/female 65- over :        0.71 male/female

Infant Mortality:               29.88 /1,000  death/live births Male:                     33.71 / 1,000 Female:                  25.77 / 1,000 

Below Poverty Line:       37 % (1998)

Life expectancy:   70.35        male:                     67.86     female:                  73.02 years (2004 est.) 

HIV/AIDS adult prev.:    0.4% (2003)

Languages:  Vietnamese

Ethnicities:   Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain groups

Religion:        Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim

Economic growth (GDP):    7.2% (2003)
Economic Sector:
Agricultural:                  21.80%
Industry:                       39.70%
Services:                      38.50%

Land use:                              

Arable land:             19.97 % Permanent crops:     5.95 % Other:                      74.08%