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Area: 331,689 km2
Population: 83 million
Capital City: Hanoi (population 3.5 million)
Largest City: Ho Chi Minh City (population 7.8 million)
People: Kinh Vietnamese 85%, plus 53 other ethnic groups
Languages: Vietnamese, minority languages
Religion(s): mainly Buddhism, also Catholicism, Protestantism, Cao Dai and Hoa Hao religions
Currency: Vietnamese Dong, US Dollars also widely used
Major political parties: Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)
Government: Vietnam is a one-party communist state, led by a triumvirate of CPV General Secretary Mr Nong Duc Manh, State President Mr Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Mr Nguyen Tan Dung
Foreign Minister: Mr Pham Gia Khiem
Membership of international groupings/organisations: Vietnam is a member of the United Nations (currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Non-Aligned Movement, the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

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