| Country (long form) | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Capital | Hanoi |
| Total Area | 127,243.83 sq mi
329,560.00 sq km
(slightly larger than New Mexico) |
| Population | 79,939,014 (July 2001 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 | 119,003,660 |
| Languages | Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
| Literacy | 93.7% total, 96.5% male, 91.2% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions | Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| Life Expectancy | 67.12 male, 72.19 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type | Communist state |
| Currency | 1 new dong (D) = 100 xu |
| GDP (per capita) | $1,950 (2000 est.) |
| Industry | food processing, garments, shoes, machine building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper |
| Agriculture | paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas, sugar; poultry, pigs; fish |
| Arable Land | 17% |
| Natural Resources | phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
