ABOUT VIETNAM
  • Surface area: 331.1 thousand square Km


  • Population: 86.16 million (as of 2008)
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  • Average annual growth:


  •   2003 2004 2005 2008
    GDP (%) 7.24% 7.69% 8.4% 6.23%
    GDT per capita (USD) 485 553 637.56 1,047.125
    • Principal exports(2007): crude oil (17.5%), garments and textiles (16.1%), sea products (7.9%), footwear (8.3%), rice (2.9%), coffee (3.7%), others (43.6%).

    • Principal imports (2007): capital equipment (14%), refined petroleum (12.3%), textile (16%), steel (8%), cloth (6.6%);  electronic components (4.8%), others (38.3%).

    • Principal export markets (2007): US(21%), Japan (12.5%), Australia (7.3%), China (6.9%), Singapore (4.6%), Germany (3.8%), UK (3.0%), Taiwan (China) (2.4%), others (38.5%)

    • Competitiveness, (Ranking out of 131 countries, 2008): 70

    Source : UNDP