Asia Insights : Vietnam
Facts and background
Population : 82.2 m
Surface area: 331.7 thousand
Population growth: 1 %
Life expectancy : 70
Population below national poverty line 50%
GNI per capita: 540 US$
GDP: 45.2 billion US$
Source: World
Development Indicators Database 2004
Head of State: General
Secretary, Communist Party of Vietnam : Nong Duc MANH
President: Tran Duc LUONG
The President of the Vietnam's National Assembly:
NGUYEN
VAN AN
Source: CIA. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Politics and society
Political
Leaders : Leaders of Vietnam
CIA
Factbook Vietnam
Socialist
Republic of Vietnam The World Wide Web Virtual Library
Government sites
Governments on the
web: Vietnam
Political
Resources on the Net
National Assembly
Ministry of Culture and Information
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
• Directorate for Standards
and Quality
Vietnam National Administration
of Tourism
Constitution
of 1992
Political parties
Dang Cong San Viet Nam :Communist
Party of Vietnam
Lien Dang Cach Mang Vietnam
: Coalition of Vietnamese National Parties (CVNP)
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang
(VNQDD) : Vietnamese National Party Elections
Elections around
the World: Vietnam
News agencies
Viet Nam News
Agency
News
Nhan Dan
- Communist Party daily
Saigon Times Daily/Weekly
Vietnam: Economic
Commentary and Analysis (VECA) / Aduki
Business-Economy
News
Vietnam Economic
Times
Thanh
Nien, the flagship publication of the Vietnam National Youth
Federation, launched its first issue on January 3, 1986. Since then,
Thanh Nien has become one of the most prestigious and influential
newspapers in Vietnam.
News from foreign sources
BBC
News
South China Morning Post
Reuters
and AP (Yahoo)
Vietnam Insight
Research Institutions and Networks
CIEM . Central
Institute of Economic Management
Center for Asian
and Pacific Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities,
Vietnam
Institute
for Family and Gender Studies (IFGS)
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Vietnam Office
Mekonginfo
Resources on Southeast
Asian Deltas
University of Economics,
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam Development Information
Centre (VDIC)
Vietnam
Economic Development Portal
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Development organisations / agencies
ADB
World
Bank
World Bank in Vietnam
IMF
country news
UNIDO Country
Information
Reliefweb
UNDP
Vietnam
Nordic Institions and Organisations
Dansk Vietnamesisk Forening
Danish CARE in Vietnam
Dansk Røde Kors : Vietnam
Danida:
Vietnam
Danish
Institute for Human Rights: Vietnam
Sida
: Vietnam
UD: Vietnam
LO-TCO
Biståndsnämnd : Vietnam
NORAD:
Vietnam
Other resources
Vietnam Web
ISI Emerging
Markets : Vietnam
Admi.net
Atlapedia
World
Travel Guide
Lonely
Planet Destinations
Atevo
ravel Destinations
Traveller's health advice
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