| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Asia |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Communist state |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian). |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1%. |
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