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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, between China and Cambodia
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,818 km, Cambodia 982 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 1,555 km Coastline: 3,444 km
PeoplePopulation: 74,393,324 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.71% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 26.25 births/1,000 population Death rate: 7.6 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -1.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 44.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.21 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese 3%, Muong, Thai, Meo, Khmer, Man, Cham Religions: Buddhist, Taoist, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Islam, Protestant Languages: Vietnamese (official), French, Chinese, English, Khmer, tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: Communist state Capital: Hanoi Independence: 2 September 1945 (from France) Constitution: 15 April 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $83.5 billion National product real growth rate: 8.8% National product per capita: $1,140 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14.4% Unemployment rate: 20%
Electricity:
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