VIETNAM AT A GLANCE - 2005

• Area: 331,041 sq km (64 provinces & 4 major cities)
• Population: 83.12 million
• Unemployment rate (in uraban cities): 5.3%
• GDP growth rate: 8.4%
• Industry: up 17.2%
• Agriculture: up 4.9%
• Exports: US$32.23 billion
• Growth rate: 21.6%
• Foreign-funded sector: US$11.13 billion
• Imports: US$36.88 billion
• Growth rate: 15.4%
• Foreign-funded sector: up 23.5%
• FDI: till now 5,918 projects capitalized at US$50,534.59 million.
• In 2005, 771 new projects capitalized at US$3.9 billion, and additional incestment of US$1,825.8 million in 509 existing projects.
• Inflation rate: 8.4%
• Budget revenues: 16.6%
• Budget deficit: under 5% of GDP
• Infrastructure

               - Telecoms: 10.3 million telephones (12.56 sets per 100 persons)
               - EPZs and industrial parks: 110 (not including Chu Lai and Dung Quat Zones) 
               - Universities and colleges: 262