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1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Communist State
Chief of State		President Tran Duc Luong (since 1997)
Head of Government		Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (since 1997)
Capital		Hanoi
Administrative Divisions		59 provinces and 5 municipalities
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	84,238	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	1.3%	0 - 14 years	30.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	27.0%	15 - 64 years	65.0%
Nationality	Vietnamese	Over 65 years	5.0%
Ethnic Group (1999 census) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	0.98 male(s)/female
Kinh	86.2%	Unemployment Rate (2004 est.) ii	1.9%
Tay	1.9%	Population below poverty line (2002 est.) ii	28.9%
Thai	1.7%
Muong	1.5%
Khome	1.4%
Hoa	1.1%
Nun	1.1%
Hmong	1.0%
Others	4.1%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2000 - 2004 est.)	93.9%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/2003)
Adult Literacy (F) (2000 - 2004 est.)	86.9%	Primary	101.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure	N/A	Secondary	72.0%
		Tertiary	10.0%
		Compulsory	6-11 years
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	69 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.) ii	0.4%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	73 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.) ii	220,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	18
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 2,700	Contributions to GDP ( 2004 est.)
GDP Growth (2004 est.)	7.7%	Agriculture	21.8%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	40.1%
Revenues	$ 10.66 billion	Services	38.1%
Expenditures	$ 13.09 billion
Disability
Major Legislation		Decree No. 55/1999/ND-CT
No. of Persons with Disabilities (estimation max/min) iv	6,161,518/1,916,973	Disability by Type (estimation max) iv
Education Ratios (Urban Area) v	73.4%	Mobility	1,525,000 (24.8%)
National Coordination Committee on Disability	National Coordinating Council on Disability	Learning	927,000 (15.0%)
		Speech	884,268 (14.4%)
		Visual	800,000 (13.0%)
		Hearing	500,000 (8.1%)
		Behavioral	162,250 (2.6%)
		Others	1,363,000 (22.1%)

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Viet Nam (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Kane, Thomas, Disability in Vietnam in 1999: A meta-analysis of the data, October 1999
5. MOLISA's Survey 1994-1995