+Full name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

+ Population: 87.4 million (UN, 2007)

+ Capital: Hanoi

+ Largest city: Ho Chi Minh City

+ Area: 329,247 sq km (127,123 sq miles)

+ Major language: Vietnamese

+ Major religion: Buddhism

+ Life expectancy: 72 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN)

+ Monetary unit: 1 dong = 100 xu

+ Main exports: Petroleum, rice, coffee, clothing, fish

+ GNI per capita: US $1020 (World Bank, 2010)

+ Internet domain: .vn

+International dialling code: +84

 

 

An overview of Vietnam will help you easily to find our country on the map of South East Asia.
It’s  also useful for you before going to Vietnam 

BRIEF HISTORY OF VIETNAM:

The Vietnamese first appeared in history as one of many scattered peoples living in what is now South China and Northern Vietnam just before the beginning of the Christian era. According to local tradition, the small Vietnamese kingdom of Au Lac, located in the heart of the Red River valley, was founded by a line of legendary kings who had ruled over the ancient kingdom of Van Lang for thousands of years. Historical evidence to substantiate this tradition is scanty, but archaeological findings indicate that the early peoples of the Red River delta area may have been among the first East Asians to practice agriculture, and by the 1st century BC they had achieved a relatively advanced level of Bronze Age civilization.