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Vietnam is located in South East Asia. It is bound by the South China Sea to the east, Laos and Cambodia to the west and China to the north. The country can be divided into three regions, North Vietnam, Central Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam is mountainous especially in the north and northwestern sections while the lowlands consist of the Red River Delta and the coastal plains. Vietnam is working to promote job creation to meet the challenge of over one million entrants to the job market every year.
Area: 329,565 sq km
Population: 84,402,966
Capital: Hanoi
People: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1%
Language: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Religion: Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8%
Government: Communist State
GDP: US$258.6 billion
Major Industries: Agriculture, cement, cotton and silk, food processing, forestry, mining, paper, and textiles.
Major Trading Partners: Its main trading partners are the former USSR, former communist East European countries and Japan.
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