Area
total: 331,210 sq km
country comparison to the world: 65 land: 310,070 sq km
water: 21,140 sq km
Language
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Religion
Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census)
Literacy
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.)
Embassy
Consular Section
Rose Garden Building – Second Floor
170 Ngoc Khanh Street
Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Email: acshanoi@state.gov
Telephone: (84-4) 3850-5000 ext. 6133
Entrance/Exit Requirements
Valid passport, with six months remaining validity
A Vietnamese visa
Country Code
84