Vietnam |
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| Facts for the Traveller |
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| Full Name: |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Area: |
329,560 sq km |
| Population: |
79,939,014 |
| Capital City: |
Hanoi |
| People: |
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| Language: |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages |
| Religion: |
Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| Government: |
Communist People's Republic |
| Head of State: |
President Tran Duc LUONG |
| Prime Minister: |
Prime Minister Phan Van KHAI |
| Time: |
+7 from GMT |
| Electricity: |
220V, 50 Hz |
| Weights & Measures: |
Metric with local variations |
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