AREA ................................................
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329.560
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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82.689.518 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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250,9 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Hanoi
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census)
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Dong (VND)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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2745 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,509 (104th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Southern Chinese Sea 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Fan Si Pan 3144 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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2 September 1945 (from France)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Socialist Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.vn
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+84
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