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Viet Nam - Overview
1. Overview
(Definitions of data items) |
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year |
source |
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Population (in million) |
87.1 |
2008 |
1) |
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GDP (PPP: Purchasing Power Parity Theory) (in billion) |
$70.7 |
2007 |
1) |
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GERD (Gross domestic expenditure on R&D) / GDP (%) |
0.19 |
2002 |
5) |
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Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (PPP in Million) |
252.8 |
2005 |
4) |
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Business R&D expenditure (PPP in Million) |
36.7 |
2005 |
4) |
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Total R&D personnel |
11,356 |
2002 |
4) |
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Business R&D personnel |
977 |
2002 |
4) |
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Total number of researchers |
9,328 |
2002 |
4) |
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PCT international phase filings |
6 |
2008 |
3) |
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PCT national phase entries |
3 |
2007 |
3) |
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Number of patents in force |
- |
- |
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Trademarks in force by office |
- |
- |
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Industrial designs in force by office |
- |
- |
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Internet users |
20,834,000 |
2008 |
1) |
2. General information
(Definitions of data items) |
source |
| - Geography |
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Area |
331,210 sq km |
1) |
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Capital |
Hanoi (Ha Noi) |
1) |
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Geographic coordinates |
16 10 N, 107 50 E |
1) |
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Climate |
tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) |
1) |
| - Government |
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Government |
Communist state |
1) |
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Currency |
dong (VND) |
1) |
| - People |
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Literacy |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
90.3% |
1) |
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Languages |
Viet Namese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
1) |
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Ethnicity/race |
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) |
1) |
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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) |
1) |
| - Industry |
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Industries |
food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal, steel; cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, paper |
1) |
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Natural resources |
phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, timber, hydropower |
1) |
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Source: |
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1) World Factbook |
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2) OECD Main Science and Technology 2010/01 |
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3) WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators |
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4) UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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5) World Bank, World Development Indicators |
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