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| Official Name: | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Location: | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia |
| Capital: | Hanoi |
| Climate: | Tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March) |
| Terrain: | Low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest |
| Languages: | Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
| Official Currency: | Dong (VND) |
| Population: | 79,939,014 (July 2001 est.) |
| Religions: | Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| GDP - per capita: | Purchasing Power Parity - $1,950 (2000 est.) |
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