Capital city: Hanoi
Nationality: Vietnamese
Population: 82,689,518 (2004 estimate)

Life expectancy at birth: 70.3 years (2004 estimate)

Ethnic groups that make up the population:Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain groups

Religions: Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim

Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)

Literacy rate (Definition: age 15 and over can read and write): 94%

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