President: Tran Dai Quang |
Prime Minister: Nguyen Xuan Phuc |
Area: total: 331,210 sq km
land: 310,070 sq km
water: 21,140 sq km
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Land Boundaries: total: 4,616 km
border countries (3): Cambodia 1,158 km, China 1,297 km, Laos 2,161 km
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Coastline: 3,444 km (excludes islands) |
Climate: tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) |
Elevation Extremes: mean elevation: 398 m
elevation extremes: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
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Natural Resources: phosphates, coal, manganese, rare earth elements, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, timber, hydropower, arable land |
Natural hazards: occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
Population & its structure: Population:
96,160,163 (July 2017 est.)
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 23.55% (male 11,909,326/female 10,735,324)
15-24 years: 16.23% (male 8,098,019/female 7,509,021)
25-54 years: 45.56% (male 22,087,095/female 21,719,615)
55-64 years: 8.55% (male 3,798,928/female 4,419,837)
65 years and over: 6.12% (male 2,281,923/female 3,601,075) (2017 est.)
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Median age: total: 30.5 years
male: 29.4 years
female: 31.7 years (2017 est.)
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