Vietnam

Vietnam

Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam).

Location: a country in Southeast Asia. Borders with China, Laos and Cambodia north. West. Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea to the east.

Area: 331,689 square kilometers (0.645 times that of Thailand).

Capital: Hanoi (Hanoi).

Population: Approximately 86.1 million people (July 2551) was a Viet 80% Khmer, 10% (in the Mekong Delta in the south of the country), lower by 1.9% times 1.74%, so when the 1.49% Hua (China) 1.13% jumble 1.12% 1.03% Hmong.

Climate: The tropical monsoon. The east coast open to the northeast monsoon winds blowing across the South China Sea. The chance of receiving hurricane and tropical cyclone. The rain in the winter. Can plant rice 2 times a year (rainfall year is influenced by monsoon winds northeast), is a country where the humidity is about 84% throughout the year with average rainfall of 120 to 300 Sentinel Intermec percent (47 to 118 inches). and the average temperature from 5 ° C (41 ° F) to 37 ° C (99 ° F).

Languages: Vietnamese (Vietnamese), which is the official language on the academic year 2463, Vietnam was a referendum to use the Roman script (quoc ngu) instead of Chinese characters (Chu Nom) to write Vietnamese.

Religion: The majority of the Vietnamese Buddhists. Mahayana up to 70 percent of the total population, 15 percent Christian. Confucius left fascist Muslims.

Currency: Dong (Dong: VND) exchange rate is about 461 dong / 1 (January 2550).

Regime: democratic socialism. The Communist Party is the only political party.

President - Mr. President Nguyen Minh Jia W (Nguyen Minh Triet) (27 มิถุนายน 2549).

Head of Government - Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Dung breasts (Nguyen Tan Dung).

Communist Party Secretary is Mr. Duc position persistent (Nong Duc Manh).