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Vietnam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Công-Hòa Xā-Hôi Chu-Nghīa Viêt Nam
Political Status: Communist republic originally proclaimed September 2, 1945; Democratic Republic of Vietnam established in the North on July 21, 1954; Republic of Vietnam established in the South on October 26, 1955; Socialist Republic of Vietnam proclaimed on July 2, 1976, following surrender of the southern government on April 30, 1975; present constitution adopted on April 15, 1992.
Area: 128,402 sq. mi. (332,561 sq. km.).
Population: 76,323,173 (1999C); 84,340,000 (2006E).
Major Urban Centers (metropolitan areas, 2005E): HANOI (5,046,000), Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon, 5,289,000), Haiphong (2,032,000), Can Tho (1,120,000), Da Nang (720,000).
Official Language: Vietnamese.
Monetary Unit: Dông (market rate November 2, 2007: 16,074 dông = $1US).
President: NGUYEN MINH TRIET; elected by the National Assembly on June 27, 2006, to fill the ...