Operation Yellow Spring (pending)
| Capital | Hanoi (21°2'N 105°51'E) |
| Largest city | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Official languages | Vietnamese |
| Demonym | Vietnamese |
| Government | Socialist republic |
| Single-party communist state | |
| Legislature | National Assembly of Vietnam |
| Formation | |
| - Đại Việt | 1054 |
| - French annexation | 1853 to 1883 |
| - Independence from France | 2 September 1945 |
| - Reunification | 30 April 1975 |
| - Current constitution | 19 December 1980 |
| Area | |
| - Total | 331,690 km2 (65th) |
| - Water (%) | 1.3 |
| Population | |
| - 1 April 2009 census | 85,789,573 (13th) |
| - Density | 259/km2 (46th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate |
| - Total | $240.757 billion (44th) |
| - Per capita | $2,793 (129th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2008 estimate |
| - Total | $89.829 billion (60th) |
| - Per capita | $1,042 (139th) |
| Gini (2002) | 37 (medium) (59th) |
| HDI (2007) | ▲ 0.725 (medium) (116th) |
| Currency | đồng (₫) (VND) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC+7) |
| - Summer (DST) | No DST (UTC+7) |
| Drives on the | right |
| Internet TLD | .vn |
| Calling code | 84 |