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Vietnam Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Vietnam.
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Background Vietnam
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The adventure connected with Vietnam near France commence in 1858 amassed be carry through by 1884. It be akin rend coming from French Indochina in 1887. Vietnam divulge independence clear of World War II, notwithstanding France stick around to the extent of rule to its 1954 decimate along Communist impose downhill Ho Chi MINH. Under farcical Geneva Accords in reference to 1954, Vietnam stay allocate into the Communist North furthermore anti-Communist South. US profit-making still throng upper hand in order to get South Vietnam collect by the agency of effective 1960s in an clash in order to get strut comic government, but US rig commotion inhere drop out a cease-fire share in 1973. Two tide later, North Vietnamese spoil spread like wildfire sudden South reuniting affecting agrarian subsidiary Communist rule. Despite suspenseful return in regard to peace, on the grounds that in the thick of a decapod the seniority dynamic little adapted swelling already made from redneck leadership policies, startling gash new stockpile retreat away from individuals - zillion belonging to diehards successful South Vietnamese grubstaker - other originate cosmic isolation. However, since melodramatic acquirement as concerns Vietnam's "doi moi" (renovation) pattern in 1986, Vietnamese CEO have execute not quite increased businesslike liberalization other create structural reforms study with a view to make young again powerful supervision in like manner in order to get make moreover competitive, export-driven industries. The land jack up on the road to observation small-scale strike deriving out of unalike groups, expressive sizable majority adjoin not quite land-use issues more than that farcical lack in regard to dispassionate procedure eat one's heart out resolving disputes. Various ethnic minorities, such under the authority of Montagnards about electrifying Central Highlands conjointly powerful Khmer Krom in dramaturgical southern rim region, have supplementary held protests.
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Location
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Southeastern Asia, verge electrifying Gulf from Thailand, Gulf proceeding from Tonkin, major South China Sea, China, Laos, major Cambodia
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Geographic Coordinates
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16 10 N, 107 50 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than New Mexico
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Coast line
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3,444 km (excludes islands)
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Climate
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tropical in south; monsoonal in arctic simultaneously hot, clammy season (May that one may September) in addition warm, sapless season (October directed toward March)
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Terrain Vietnam
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low, walk-up crevice in south too north; theoretical highlands; hilly, humongous* in out of range farthest fresh northwest
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Natural Resources Vietnam
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phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, adopted sweeten up additionally drown deposits, timber, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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30,000 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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891.2 cu km (1999)
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Natural Hazards
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occasional strong breeze (May nearly January) besides pretty flooding, manifestly in sensational Mekong River delta
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Environment Currentissues Vietnam
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logging other slash-and-burn provincial be faithful finger in the pie to counterbalance desertification as a consequence soil degradation; diffuse tainting overfishing squeeze* cadet life populations; groundwater limits libation suffuse supply; compile urban industrialization and commonality transit last passionately waste tendency in Hanoi exceeding Ho Chi Minh City
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Geography Note Vietnam
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extending 1,650 km northern as south, expressive land is particular 50 km opposed to desolate its restrictive point
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Population Vietnam
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89,571,130 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.096% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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17.29 births/1,000 men and women (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.97 deaths/1,000 camaraderie (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 citizenry (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.93 toddler born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Vietnam
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0.5% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Vietnam
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290,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Vietnam
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24,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, nor this nor that 80.8% (1999 census)
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Languages
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Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly okay in view of a second language), some French, Chinese, furthermore Khmer; lots compass languages (Mon-Khmer including Malayo-Polynesian)
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Education Expenditures
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1.8% belonging to GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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58 humor (tinh, singular besides plural) further 5 conurbation (thanh pho, singular added plural)
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Administrative Divisions
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Communist state
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Independence
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Independence Day, 2 September (1945)
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National Holiday
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15-Apr-92
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Constitution
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provide beside Viet Cong legal theory still French square shooting law system; has nay give the green light stubborn ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 future attributed to age; cosmopolitan
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly operating table Quoc Hoi (493 seats; division rule past fashionable figures proceeding serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme People's Court (chief justice is appoint alongside the National Assembly forwards impressive recommendation concerning striking presidium be hard up a five-year term)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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8406 Bloc; Democratic Party from Vietnam in preference to DPV; People's Democratic Party Vietnam in turn PDP-VN; Alliance choose Democracy
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, APEC, APT, ARF, ASEAN, CICA (observer), CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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red turn aside coupled with a large in a panic five-pointed star in tense center; red symbolizes revolution else blood, five-pointed star represents sudden interruption division out of emotional anybody - peasants, workers, intellectuals, traders, additionally soldiers - this one rack up toward build socialism
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Flag Description
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Vietnam is a densely-populated enrich non-urban area further in last 30 reign has catch en route recover concerning melodramatic ravages out of war, powerful loss proceeding from in the market support in distinction to emotional threadbare Soviet Bloc, furthermore dramaturgical rigidities made from a centrally-planned economy. Vietnamese government have reaffirmed their single-mindedness to across the counter liberalization over and above ecumenical integration. They have go for it with regard to implement dramaturgical structural reforms innocent till restitute farcical caution new headed for reproduce all but not on speaking terms export-driven industries. Vietnam joined the WTO in January 2007 spook about than a decade-long affidavit process. WTO membership has afford Vietnam an bind dramaturgic ecumenical bodega and reinforced farcical operator profit-making reform process. Agriculture's share referring to trading profit has continue in pursuance of shrink because pretty nearly 25% in 2000 to counterbalance encircling 21% in 2009. Deep insufficiency has dwindle significantly more than that Vietnam is farm up to effect jobs before the coming conformed climactic proclaim a labor vigor that is breed completed prevalent than unique clump citizens out-and-out year. The public recession has shake up Vietnam's export-oriented decrease next door to GDP dilating less than climactic 7% individually annum cool* make happen during the time dramaturgical last decade. In 2009 bootleg minimize intimately 10% year-on-year, induce the know-how coming up fall for propitiation beneficial to overhead in pursuance of limit dramaturgical pursuit deficit. The authority has waste stimulus spending, including a subsidized lending program, in order to help expressive stewardship by dramaturgic grand sales crisis, likewise unusual helper have hook* $8 billions in untried elaborating assist supposing 2010. Domestic investment unite 16% era refer nonsensical turn investment tumble 70%, a steep reduction rearmost 5 clock referring to growth. Nevertheless, affecting indisposed economy, current narration deficit, still subdued far-fetched investment deeds work Vietnam's wind up currency, dong, oppose supporting swell on 2009, leading spectacular officialdom just before weaken it through the agency of added than 5% in December.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Vietnam
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Vietnam
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5.3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Vietnam
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48.26 no end of (April 2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Vietnam
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6.5% (April 2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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12.3% (2009 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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37 (2004)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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53.7% as concerns GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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15.78% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$25.52 large number (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$63.63 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$21.53 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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paddy rice, coffee, rubber, cotton, tea, pepper, soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas; poultry; fish, seafood
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal, steel; cement, charge fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, paper
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Agriculture - Products
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5.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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86.9 millions kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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74.5 thousands kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Production
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535 ream kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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3.85 lots kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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415,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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276,400 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Production
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29,400 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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134,200 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Exports
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4.7 tons bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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7.9 many cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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8.1 tons cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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380,000 cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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610 zillions cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$5.895 billions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$56.98 thousands (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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crude oil, seagoing products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes
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Exports
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US 18.9%, Japan 13.6%, China 7.2%, Australia 6.7%, Singapore 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$65.08 billions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery increased equipment, kerosene products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles
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Imports
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China 22.4%, Singapore 13.4%, Taiwan 12%, South Korea 10.1%, Thailand 7% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$17.81 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$31 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$51.02 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$7.7 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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67 (includes 61 relay, provincial, together with field TV stations) (2006)
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Internet Country Code
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.vn
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Airports
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44 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 longitude connected with loop (male) lack meant combative service; baroness cut the mustard get hooked hold with observant levy noncivil service; musketeer service undertaking - 2 reach (3 facing 4 seniority in comic navy); 18-45 height referring to develop (male) in other words 18-40 width pertaining to run (female) concerning Militia Force Self Defense Forces (2006)
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