CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Vietnam (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html)
An official web site of the Central Intelligence Agency, the site offers brief background and current statistical information about the country. It contains nine subject categories: introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Country Profile: Vietnam (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Vietnam.pdf)
Prepared by the Library of Congress' Federal Research Division, the Vietnam country profile offers brief, summarized information on the country's historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security.
Introduction of the Centre's Member Countries (http://www.asean.or.jp/eng/general/info/vietnam.html)
Sponsored by the Japanese government for the promotion of trade between Japan and Asian countries, the Vietnam page contains general information about the country, ranging from business to tourism. The site contains both English and Japanese version. A brief photo gallery of Vietnam is also available
U.S. State Department Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
U.S. State Department Background Notes are factual publications that include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.
Vietnam, a country study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/vntoc.html)
An official website of the Library of Congress prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program. The website describes and analyzes the political, economic, social, and national security systems of Vietnam to examine the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped according to accepted standards of scholarly objectivity.
Vietnamese Boat People Connection (http://www.boatpeople.com/vn%5Ffolktales/index.html)
The website serves as a medium for Vietnamese Boat People to share their experiences of their perilous escape to the new world and their adaptation to the new cultures. Established in Silicon Valley, California, the website also includes brief history of Vietnam, its culture, and folktales. In English and Viet Unicode.
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