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Basic Facts
| Full name: |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Land area: |
329,566 sq. km. |
| Population: |
75 Million |
| Capital City: |
Hanoi |
| People: |
85% Vietnamese, 3% ethnic Chinese, also Khmers, Chams (remnant of the once-great Indianised Champa Kingdom) and members of some 60 etholinguistic groups |
| Languages: |
Vietnamese, Russian, French, Chinese, English and variety of Mon-Khmer and Melayo-Polynesian local dialects |
| Religion: |
Buddhism is the principal religion but there are also sizeable Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao, Caodists, Muslim and Christian minorities |
| Government: |
Communist People’s Republic |
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