Vietnam at a Glance

Capital: Hanoi
Area: 329,560 sq km
Population: 85,262,356 (July 2007 est.)
Adult literacy: 93.9% male, and 86.9% female
GDP Per capita: US $3,100
Languages: 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%
Life expectancy: 71.07 years