Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia
Population: 91,583,000 (2015 est.)
Land Area: 329556 km²
Capital: Hanoi
Main cities: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Haiphong, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Qui Nho'n
Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer
GDP: $170.565 billion (2013 est.)
Monetary unit: Dong
Exports: $39.94 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports ?� commodities: crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes
Exports ?� partners: US 21.2%, Japan 12.3%, Australia 9.4%, China 5.7%, Germany 4.5% (2006)
Imports: $40.56 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports ?� commodities: machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement,
motorcycles
Imports ?� partners: China 17.7%, Singapore 12.9%, Taiwan 11.5%, Japan 9.8%, South Korea 8.4%, Thailand 7.3%, Malaysia 4.2%
(2006)
Land use:
arable land: 20.14%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 72.93% (2005)
Natural resources: phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower