Vietnam

Colonized: 2 September 1945 (from France)
Per Capita Income: $2,600 (2007 est.)
Literacy Rate:
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 71.33 years
male: 68.52 years
female: 74.33 years (2008 est.)
HIV Population:
220,000 (2003 est.)
3 Connections: French
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)
Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)