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Capital--Hanoi Largest City--Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Population--75,280,000 (1996) Languages--Vietnamese (official language), Khmer, Montagnard, Cham, French, English, Russian Ethnic groups--Vietnamese 88%, 12%Other including Chinese, Tai, Khmer, Thai, Muong, and Nung Currency--Dong (11,000 Dong =$1 US) Literacy--88% Life Expectancy--64 male; 68 female Telephones--1 per 563 persons Television sets--1 per 28 persons Radios--1 per 8.8 persons Hospital Beds--1 per 329 persons Physicians--1 per 2,617 persons Labor force--65% agriculture; 35% industry and services Livestock--3.3 million cattle; 14.9 million pigs Industries--Food processing, textiles, cement, chemical fertilizers Chief crops--Rice, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas Minerals--Phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, oil Arable land--22%
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