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Vietnam

16.2N 107.8E · 29 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM · 2 SEPTEMBER 1945
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1976 - present · Doi Moi Reforms and Modern Vietnam
4 EVENTS
1986 CE · Doi Moi reforms launched 2 REFS
2007 CE · Accession to the World Trade Organization 2 REFS
1945 - 1976 CE · The Wars: Independence, Division, and Reunification
5 EVENTS
1946-1954 CE · First Indochina War 2 REFS
1954 CE · Geneva Accords divide Vietnam 2 REFS
1858 - 1945 CE · French Indochina
5 EVENTS
1862 CE · France annexes Cochinchina 2 REFS
1930 CE · Founding of the Indochinese Communist Party 2 REFS
1788 - 1858 CE · The Nguyen Dynasty and Expansion South
5 EVENTS
1771-1789 CE · Tay Son rebellion 2 REFS
1802 CE · Gia Long founds the Nguyen dynasty 2 REFS
1009 - 1788 CE · Independent Dynasties: Ly, Tran, and Le
5 EVENTS
1258, 1285 and 1288 CE · Tran defeat of the Mongol invasions 2 REFS
1407 CE · Ming China occupies Dai Viet 2 REFS
c. 2879 BCE - 938 CE · Legendary Origins and a Thousand Years of Chinese Rule
5 EVENTS
c. 2879 BCE (traditional) · Legendary founding of Van Lang 2 REFS
40-43 CE · Revolt of the Trung sisters 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Hanoi
Population
96 m
Area
331,212 km²
Region
South-Eastern Asia
Languages
Vietnamese
Currency
Vietnamese đồng (₫)
Demonym
Vietnamese
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$515 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$5,066’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
8.0%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.3%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
190.3%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
102 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
74.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
38.8%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.9’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
96.1%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
37.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
66.0’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
49.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
50.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
51.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
42.8’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.6%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.11’21 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
17.3’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
98.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
58.6%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
96.1%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.9%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
106.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
93.4%’22 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
37.6%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
836’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
84.2%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
128’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
44.3%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
313,429 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
47.4%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
39.2%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
4.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
24.2%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
2.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.7%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Rare earths
150 t’25 USGS-MCS
Bauxite
3.8 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
3.0 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
1.8%’18 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$5.5 B’18 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
522,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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