Viet Nam
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| Việt Nam Cộng Hòa Republic of Viet Nam | |
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| Flag | Coat of arms |
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| Motto "Tổ quốc - Danh dự - Trách nhiệm" (Vietnamese) "Fatherland - Honor - Responsibility" | |
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| Anthem Tiếng Gọi Công Dân (Call to the Citizens) | |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Sài Gòn 10°45′N 106°40′E |
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| Official languages | Vietnamese |
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| Demonym | Vietnamese |
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| Government - President - Prime Minister | Republic Nguyễn Thị Mai Dương Đoàn Thiêm Hồng |
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| Independence - Declared - De facto - De jure - Republic declared | from France September 2, 1945 May 7, 1954 July 21, 1954 October 26, 1955 |
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| Area - Total - Water (%) | 331,690 km² 128,527 sq mi 1.3 |
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| Population - July 2008 estimate - 1999 census - Density | 86,116,559 76,323,173 259.6/km² 670/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita | 2007 estimate $1.28 trillion $14,869 |
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| GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita | 2007 estimate $1.02 trillion $11,850 |
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| Gini (2005) |  41 (medium)
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| HDI (2005) |  0.796 (medium)
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| Currency | Đồng (₫) (VND)
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| Time zone - Summer (DST) | (UTC +7) not observed (UTC +7) |
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| Internet TLD | .vi |
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| Calling code | +84 |
The Republic of Viet Nam (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng Hòa) is the easternmost country on the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Viet Nam is one of the 15 most populous countries in the world.
Viet Nam was under Chinese control for a thousand years before becoming a nation-state in the 10th century. Successive dynasties flourished until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, resulting in Vietnamese independence in 1954. to be continued
