Vietnam

Capital Hanoi. 98.9 million people, Vietnamese đồng (VND), about 25,000 VND to the dollar.

Vietnam is the one of the cheapest of 12 countries with price data, at 0.33 where the United States is 1.00.

Output per person is $15,000 adjusted for purchasing power, and income per person is $4,200 at market rates.

Price level compared with the United States (1.00), across every country with data. Source: World Bank, PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate.

Key figures

Indicator	Vietnam
Price level (US = 1.00)	0.33 (seed)
GDP per person, PPP	$15,000 (seed)
Income per person (GNI)	$4,200 (seed)
Inflation	3.6% (seed)
Unemployment	1.6% (seed)
Life expectancy	74 yrs (seed)
Internet users	79% (seed)
Homicides per 100k	1.5 (seed)
Urban population	40% (seed)

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Basics

Region: South-Eastern Asia
Languages: Vietnamese
Time zones: UTC+07:00
Area: 331,212 km²

Sources and dates

World Bank Indicators (price level, GDP, income, inflation, unemployment, life expectancy, internet use, homicides, urbanisation). Latest available year shown per figure.
REST Countries for names, capitals, currencies, languages and population.
Exchange rates: European Central Bank via Frankfurter, seed.
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