Vietnam
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[edit] Basic Information
President: Nguyen Minh Triet (2006) Prime Minister: Nguyen Tan Dung (2006) Land area: 125,622 sq mi (325,361 sq km); total area: 127,244 sq mi (329,560 sq km)
Geography: Vietnam occupies the eastern and southern part of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia, with the South China Sea along its entire coast. China is to the north and Laos and Cambodia are to the west. Long and narrow on a north-south axis, Vietnam is about twice the size of Arizona. The Mekong River delta lies in the south. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108144.html
'DEMOGRAPHICS: Population 86,116,560 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure 0-14 years: 25.6% (male 11,418,642/female 10,598,184) 15-64 years: 68.6% (male 29,341,216/female 29,777,696) 65 years and over: 5.8% (male 1,925,609/female 3,055,212) (2008 est.)
Population growth rate 0.99% (2008 est.)
Birth rate 16.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate
6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Net migration rate Sex ratio at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) Infant mortality rate
total: 23.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) Life expectancy at birth
total population: 71.33 years male: 68.52 years female: 74.33 years (2008 est.) Total fertility rate 1.86 children born/woman (2008 est.)
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% (1999 census)
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
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[edit] Economic Development, Health, and Education
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Vietnam is currently a struggling economic country. They have devised Vietnam's Socio-Economic Development Strategy for the 2011- 2020 Period www.vjol.info/index.php/VEMR/article/viewArticle/575
HEALTH:
65% of population using improved sanitation facilities, 2006 Malaria 2003–2007*, 3% under-fives with fever receiving anti-malarial drugs Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV, 2007 , estimate 290 thousand 20% of under-fives (2000–2007*) suffering from: underweight† (NCHS/WHO): moderate ; & severe http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/vietnam_statistics.html#54
EDUCATION: Languages Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.3% male: 93.9% female: 86.9% (2002 est.)
http://www.indexmundi.com/vietnam/demographics_profile.html
[edit] Brief History
BRIEF HISTORY: 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. http://www.vietventures.com/Vietnam/history_vietnam.asp
• Viet Nam conquered by French in 19th century • Occupied by Japanese in W.W.II • 1945 end of W.W. II • 1946-54 – Communist Viet Minh League formed and led by Ho Chi Min; not recognized by France • French and Viet Minh fight for control of Indochina • 1954 – Viet Nam divided with DMZ; elections promised by UN; country to be re-united in 1956 • 1955-6 Ho Chi Minh controls Communist North (DMV); Diem, supported by U.S. controls South; U.S. delays • 1957 – U.S. has Special Forces troops involved in intelligence gathering and training of South Vietnamese, including the Montagnard indigenous people, in guerilla warfare – no official involvement • 1963 – Pres. Diem assassinated; 3 weeks later, Kennedy assassinated • March 1965 – first U.S. combat troops land • October 1965 – first draft card burned • 1968 peace negotiations begin in Paris • 1969 My Lai massacre exposed • 1973 agreement signed between U.S. and DRV; official withdrawal of U.S. • 1976 N. and S. Viet Nam reunited http://www.sfu.ca/~scheel/engl%20104/feb17.pdf
[edit] Governance
[edit] Elections
[edit] Judicial Review
[edit] Courts and Criminal Law
[edit] Punishment
[edit] Legal Personnel
[edit] Law Enforcement
[edit] Crime Rates and Public Opinion
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