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Transportation of Vietnam

Airports:32 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 26
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate/gas 432 km; gas 163 km; oil 50 km; refined products 206 km (2006)
Railways:total: 2,600 km
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (2006)
Roadways:total: 222,179 km
paved: 42,167 km
unpaved: 180,012 km (2004)
Waterways:17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 267 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,423,936 GRT/2,191,858 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 202, chemical tanker 4, container 5, liquefied gas 5, petroleum tanker 24, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)
registered in other countries: 17 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Honduras 1, Mongolia 8, Panama 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, unknown 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam Quickstats

  • Population: 85,262,356 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 329,560 sq km
  • Density: 253 /km² (46th)
  • GDP (total): $251.8 billion (36th)
  • GDP (per capita): $3,025 (123rd)
  • Literacy: 90.3%

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  • Currency: đồng (₫) (VND)
  • Dial code: +84

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