Saturday, March 31, 2012

Vietnam Basic

Full name:     Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Land area:     329,566 sq. km.
Population:     75 Million
Capital City:     Hanoi
People:     85% Vietnamese, 3% ethnic Chinese, also Khmers, Chams (remnant of the once-great Indianised Champa Kingdom) and members of some 60 etholinguistic groups
Languages:     Vietnamese, Russian, French, Chinese, English and variety of Mon-Khmer and Melayo-Polynesian local dialects
Religion:     Buddhism is the principal religion but there are also sizeable Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao, Caodists, Muslim and Christian minorities
Government:     Communist People’s Republic

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