Socialist Republic of VietnamCong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam

Bordered by the South China Sea, China, Laos and Cambodia

Vietnam is dominated by coastline, and two large rivers, the Red River in the North and the Mekong Delta in the South

Population 88 million

• China ruled Vietnam for most of the period up through 938 when Vietnam became Independent

• Since then, Vietnam has been invaded by the Chinese, the Mongols, the French, the Japanese and the Americans

• Post WWII the country was partitioned and became a venue for the US-USSR/China Cold War.

• Vietnam was unified in 1975 under the North government of Ho Chi Minh

Religion: 80% None: religious

affiliation identified 10% Buddhist (1999

census)

Languages: Vietnamese, English,

French, Thai, Muong, Hmong

Museum of Ethnology

Vietnam

Gross National Income per

capita: $2,700

Literacy : 94%

Demographics by age:

%<15 years: 25.2%

%>65:5.5%

Median Age : 27.8

Health Indicators for Vietnam

• Child Mortality: 24 per 1,000 live births

• Life Expectancy: 70/75 (m/f)

• Maternal Mortality: 56 per 100,000

• Top Causes of Death: Heart Disease, Stroke, Repiratory

Infections, Pneumonias, TB, Perinatal, Diabetes, Road Traffic accidents, Stomach Cancer, Diarrhea

Vietnam

Urbanization : 30%

Expenditure on Health $214 per person per year (7.2% GDP)

UN R/P 20% : 4.9World Bank GINI Coefficient: 38%

Status of women: poor-fair

When in Vietnam, please do not eat dogs?

Work hard, Have fun!