Population:
below poverty line: 37% (1998 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Lowest 10%: 3.6%
Highest 10%: 29.9% (1998)

Labour force:
45.74 million (2003 est.)
By occupation:
Agriculture 63%
Industry and services 37% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate: 6.1% (2003 est.)

Budget:
Revenues: $8.689 billion
Expenditures: $9.718 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion (2003 est.)

Industrial production:
Products: food processing, garments, shoes, machine building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper
Growth rate: 16% (2003 est.)

Electricity:
Production: 29,800 GWh (2001)
By source:
Fossil fuel: 12.95%
Hydro: 87.05%
Nuclear: 0%
Other: 0% (1998)
Consumption: 27,710 GWh (2001)
Exports: 0 kWh (2001)
Imports: 0 kWh (2001)

Agriculture:
Products: paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas, poultry, pigs, fish

Exports:
$19.88 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.)
Commodities: crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes , pepper
Partners: Japan, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, South Korea, U.S., People's Republic of China

Imports:
$22.5 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.)
Commodities: machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles
Partners: Singapore, South Korea, Japan, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Sweden

Debt:
External: $14.69 billion (2003)

Economic aid:
Recipient: $2.8 billion in credits and grants pledged by international donors for 2000 (2004)

Currency:
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (1999 est.)
Exchange rates: new dong (D) per US$1 - 16,050 (December 2006), 15,788 (January 2005), 14,020 (January 2000), 13,900 (December 1998), 11,100 (December 1996), 11,193 (1995 average), 11,000 (October 1994), 10,800 (November 1993)
Fiscal year: calendar year