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	Viet Nam > General information
FAO Representative: Ms Yuriko Shoji \| e-mail: FAO-VN@fao.org \| web site: www.fao.org.vn

Country codes

ISO3:	VNM	ISO2:	VN
UN:	704	GAUL:	264
UNDP:	VIE	FAOSTAT:	237

Key statistics

Country area: 33105 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 31007 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Agricultural area: 10272 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 87848 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 97180 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.572
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Global hunger index: 11.2
Source: IFPRI. Calculated, 2011.

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Thematic profiles and systems:

FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

News:

18/01/2012 - Mud crab aquaculture - A practical manual [Source: FAO Fisheries News RSS Feed]

29/12/2011 - Image and Geospatial Data Processing Workshop concluded with very positive feedback [Source: National Forest Monitoring and Assessment - NFMA (FAO)]

11/11/2011 - Despites Asian floods FAO forecasts record rice harvests in 2011 [Source: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]

15/09/2011 - ‘Colombo Declaration’ strengthens regional cooperation in aquaculture development [Source: FAO Fisheries News RSS Feed]

02/09/2011 - Building on local pockets of success: Some lessons on the process of up-scaling fodder and cattle development in Vietnam [Source: Fodder Adoption news]

28/07/2011 - How can farmers move from being ‘cattle keepers’ to ‘cattle producers’? A case from Vietnam [Source: Fodder Adoption news]

23/06/2011 - Stop environmental pollution from livestock waste [Source: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]

03/03/2011 - A farmer-friendly approach to preventing avian flu in Viet Nam [Source: DFID funded research case studies in agriculture]

01/12/2010 - International rice prices increasing - 2010 harvest expected to be highest on record [Source: News from FAO Regional Office for Asia Pacific]

05/11/2010 - Nibbles: Nagoya, Viet Nam, Mexico, Haiti [Source: Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog]

Land border countries:

Cambodia | China | Lao People's Democratic Republic

Geographic and Economic groups:

Asia | south-eastern Asia

Group members of Asia

Group members of south-eastern Asia