Vietnam Country Guide | Guide to Vietnam

Country Guide Vietnam

Capital: Hanoi

Population: 84,238,000

Currency: dong (VND)

Religions: 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)

Government: Communist state

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

Climate: tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)

Phone Code: 84

Photos of Vietnam

Photos of Vietnam by Paul Dodson, courtesy of Observations of an Unimportant Man.

Locals at the Market in Sapa - Sapa, Vietnam

A Boy and His Ducks - Sapa - Sapa, Vietnam

An Elderly Vietnamese Woman and Her Preffered Method of Transport - Hoi An - Hoi An, Vietnam

Young Girls With Beads to Sell - Sapa - Sapa, Vietnam

Fresh Fruit 'n' Veg at a Market in Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

A Mother Takes Care of Her Three Children - Sapa - Sapa, Vietnam

Festivals in Vietnam

Tet - Vietnamese New Year [photo gallery]

Tet Nguyen Dan [web site]

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Vietnam Accommodation

Hotels in Vietnam

Vietnam Flights

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Vietnam Tours

Tours in Vietnam

Further Vietnam Resources

Photos of Vietnam [web site]

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