- National name Công-hòa xâ-hôi chu-nghia Viêt Nam/Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Area 329,600 sq km/127,258 sq mi
- Capital Hanoi
- Currency dong
- Population 83,585,000 (2005 est)
- Language Vietnamese (official), French, English, Khmer, Chinese, local languages
- Religion mainly Buddhist; Christian, mainly Roman Catholic (810%); Taoist, Confucian, Hos Hoa, and Cao Dai sects
- Time difference GMT +7
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