Vietnam

Updated Mar 7, 2026
🏳️ Country Name Vietnam
πŸ‘₯ Population 101,343,800
πŸ™οΈ Capital Hanoi
πŸ—£οΈ Language Vietnamese
πŸ’΅ Currency Vietnamese Δ‘α»“ng (β‚«)
β›ͺ Religion Catholic 6.1%, Buddhist 5.8%, Protestant 1%, other 0.8%, none 86.3% (2019 est.)
πŸ‘€ Ethnicity Kinh (Viet) 85.3%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.9%, Muong 1.5%, Khmer 1.4%, Mong 1.4%, Nung 1.1%, other 5.5% (2019 est.)
πŸ’ Currently Married Women 72.8% (2021 est.)
πŸ‘Ά Mother's Mean Age at First Birth N/A
βš–οΈ Obesity Prevalence Rate 2.1% (2016)
🀰 Total Fertility Rate 2.01 children born/woman (2025 est.)
πŸ’Š Contraceptive Prevalence Rate Of Women Aged 16-49 N/A
🚬 Tobacco Use (Female) 2.1% (2025 est.)
🌍 Region Asia
🌎 Subregion South-Eastern Asia
🏒 Major Urban Areas 9.321 million Ho Chi Minh City, 5.253 million HANOI (capital), 1.865 million Can Tho, 1.423 million Hai Phong, 1.221 million Da Nang, 1.111 million Bien Hoa (2023)
πŸ“ Geographic Coordinates 16 10 N, 107 50 E
🌑️ Climate Tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
πŸ“ Area 331,210 sq km (about three times the size of Tennessee; slightly larger than New Mexico)
🏞️ Terrain Low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest
πŸ›‚ Borders KHM, CHN, LAO
πŸ†” Citizenship Requirement 5 years
πŸ•°οΈ Capital Time Difference UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
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