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Full country name:
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Area: 331,210 sq km
Population:
89,571,130 (
July 2010 est.)
People: 86.2% Kinh (Viet),
1.9%
Tay, 1.7% Thai, 1.5% Muong,
1.4%
Khome, 1.1% Hoa, 1.1% Nun,
1%
Hmong, 4.1% others
Language: Vietnamese, English,
French, Chinese and Khmer;
mountain area languages
Religion: 9.3% Buddhist,
6.7%
Catholic, 1.5% Hoa Hao,
1.1%
Cao Dai, 0.5% Protestant,
0.1%
Muslim, 80.8% none
Government: Communist state
Major industries: Food processing,
garments, shoes, machine building,
mining, cement, chemical fertilizer,
glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper
Major trading partners: E.U., Japan,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea
2009:
15
th Annual
Fuels & Lubes Asia Conference
Hanoi
Much of Hanoi’s appeal comes from its
history: It has been a capital city almost
continuously for more than a thousand
years. It was home to various Chinese
dynasties until the French took over in
1887
and made it the capital of all of
Indochina. It fell into the hands of Ho Chi
Minh and the Viet Minh in 1954, became
the capital of North Vietnam, and was
the obvious choice for capital upon
Vietnam’s reunification in 1975.
