| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $203.7 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
7.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 21.8%
industry: 39.7%
services: 38.5% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
37% (1998 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 29.9% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3.1% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
45.74 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 63%, industry and services 37% (2000 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $8.689 billion
expenditures: $9.718 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
16% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
29.8 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 43.7%
hydro: 56.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
27.71 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas, sugar; poultry, pigs, fish |
| Exports : |
$19.88 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 20.9%, Japan 13.2%, Australia 6.9%, China 6.2%, Germany 5.5%, Taiwan 4.8%, Singapore 4.4%, UK 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$22.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles |
| Imports - Partners : |
China 13.6%, Taiwan 11.9%, Japan 11.2%, South Korea 10.8%, Singapore 10.3%, US 5.7%, Thailand 5.4%, Hong Kong 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$14.69 billion (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$2.8 billion in credits and grants pledged by international donors for 2000 (2004) |
| Currency : |
dong (VND) |
| Currency Code : |
VND |
| Exchange Rates : |
dong per US dollar - 15,279.5 (2003), 15,279.5 (2002), 14,725.2 (2001), 14,167.7 (2000), 13,943.2 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
