Vietnam Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Vietnam Country Formation Date 1945 Vietnam France September 2, 1945

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Vietnam Vietnam 5.1 Wikipedia

Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country

Record Name Country Metal 1999 (Kilograms) 2000 (Kilograms) 2001 (Kilograms) 2002 (Kilograms) 2003 (Kilograms) Source
Gold production for Vietname Vietname Gold 1,500 2,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
VIETNAMESE World Wide Language Speakers VIETNAMESE Viet Nam 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 14 67,662,000

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Vietnam Life Expectancy Vietnam World Fact Book 71.07 124

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Vietnam Oil Production Vietnam 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 400,000

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Vietnam Vietnam 2007 44 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Vietnam Vietnam Viet Nam

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for Vietnam Vietnam 2.00 2006 est. Wikipedia

Database: United States Medal of Honor Statistics

Record Name War Country Total Army Navy Marines Air Force Coast Guard Posthumous Source
Vietnam Medal of Honor Citations Vietnam United States 245 159 16 57 13 0 154 United States Army

Database: World List of Basilicas

Record Name Country Religion Region Number of Basilicas Note
Number of Basilicas in Vietnam Vietnam Catholic Asia 2 Basilicas are churches with historical importance or other significance.

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Vietnam Literacy Rate Vietnam UNESCO 94.4 percent 96 percent 92.9 percent 2005

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Vietnam Railway Length Vietnam 2004 Train 4,014 Wikipedia

Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations

Record Name Language City Country Media kHz
Voice of Vietnam Hanoi Vietnam Radio 10,040

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Vietnam Vietnam Hanoi 2002 329,560 81,098,416 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Vietnam CO2 Carbon Emissions Vietnam World Resources Institute 47,530.9 0.568987

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Vietnam Ocean Coastline Length Vietnam 3,444

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
VIETNAM Inflation Rate Vietnam International Monetary Fund 3.7 4.9 0.1 -1.7

Database: High School Education Equivalents by Country

Record Name Country High School Equivalent Education
High School Equivalent for Vietnam Vietnam Tertiary study

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) Vietnam Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam VM

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
Vietnam Vietnam dashed d, or D (not used) (new) dong

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Vietnam GDP Vietnam 2005 The World Factbook 2006 232.2 billion 2,800 8.4 8.4

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