Socialist Republic of Vietnam Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam  (Vietnamese)
Motto:  "Independence – Freedom – Happiness"
Anthem:
Location of  Vietnam  (green) in ASEAN  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Capital	Hanoi 21°2′N 105°51′E / 21.033°N 105.850°E / 21.033; 105.850
Vietnamese
Chinese French Arabic English Russian
Ethnic groups	85.7% Vietnamese[n 1] 53 minorities 1.9% Tay 1.8% Tai 1.5% Mường 1.5% Khmer 1.2% Hmong 1.1% Nùng 5.3% Others
Religion	73.2% Folk or Irreligious 12.2% Buddhism 8.3% Christianity 4.8% Caodaism 1.4% Hoahaoism 0.1% Other religions
Demonym(s)	Vietnamese
Government	Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic
• Party General Secretary	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• President	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• Vice-President	Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
• Prime Minister	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
• Chairwoman of National Assembly	Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
Legislature	National Assembly
Formation
• Independence declared from France	2 September 1945
• Geneva Accords	21 July 1954
• Reunification	2 July 1976
• Current constitution	28 November 2013[n 2]
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (65th)
• Water (%)	6.38
Population
• 2016 estimate	94,569,072 (15th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (46th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$769.928 billion (35th)
• Per capita	$8,063 (128th)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$260.301 billion (47th)
• Per capita	$2,726 (129th)
Gini (2014)	37.6 medium
HDI (2017)	0.694 medium · 116th
Currency	đồng (₫) (VND)
Time zone	UTC+7 (Vietnam Standard Time)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+84
ISO 3166 code	VN
Internet TLD	.vn

Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) is a country in Southeast Asia. The long-form name of the country is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The neighboring countries of Vietnam are China, Laos and Cambodia. Vietnam is one of five remaining countries that believe in communism. The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi. The biggest city is Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). There are about 94,444,200 people living in Vietnam.

After the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, the Vietnamese fought French colonial rule during the First Indochina War between the Viet Minh and the French in 2 September 1945. Hồ Chí Minh declared Vietnam's independence from France under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, but was fought by French colonialists. In 1954, the Vietnamese declared victory in Dien Bien Phu which took place between March and May 1954 and culminated in a major French defeat. Then Vietnam was divided into two political states, North Vietnam (officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (officially the Republic of Vietnam). Conflicts between the two sides intensified in the so-called Vietnam War with strong influence from the US in South Vietnam. The war ended in 1975 with a North Vietnamese victory.

Vietnam was then united under a communist government. In 1986, the government launched a number of economic and political reforms that began Vietnam's path to integration into the world economy. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with all nations. Since 2000, Vietnam's economic growth has been among the highest in the world, and in 2011 it had the highest global growth generator index among 11 major economies. Its successful economic reforms resulted in its becoming a member of the World Trade Organization in 2007. It is also a member of economic cooperation between Asia and the Pacific and the International de la Francophonie Organization.