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About Vietnam

Full country name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Area: 329,566 sq km
Population: 86.1 million
Capital City: Hanoi (pop 3.5 million)
People: 84% ethnic Vietnamese, 2% ethnic Chinese, also Khmers, Chams (a remnant of the once-great Indianised Champa Kingdom) and members of over 50 ethnolinguistic groups (also known as Montagnards, 'highlanders' in French)
Language: Vietnamese, Russian, French, Chinese, English
Religion: Buddhism is the principal religion but there are also sizeable Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao, Caodaists, Muslim and Christian minorities
Government: Communist state

Major Industries: Rice, rubber, food processing, sugar, textiles, chemicals, peanuts, bananas, poultry, fish, cashews
Major Trading Partners: China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand

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