st.)

Agriculture - products:
paddy rice, coffee, rubber, cotton, tea, pepper, soybeans, cashews,
sugar cane, peanuts, bananas; poultry; fish, seafood

Industries:
food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal,
steel; cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, paper

Industrial production growth rate:
11.3% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
40.11 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 43.7%
hydro: 56.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
37.3 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh

Oil - production:
400,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
230,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
2.5 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
6.342 billion cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
6.342 billion cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m

Natural gas - proved reserves:
192.6 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$1.029 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$39.92 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments,
shoes

Exports - partners:
US 18.3%, Japan 13.6%, China 9%, Australia 7.9%, Singapore 5.6%
(2005)

Imports:
$39.16 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel
products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles

Imports - partners:
China 15.6%, Singapore 12.4%, Taiwan 11.7%, Japan 11.1%, South
Korea 9.7%, Thailand 6.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$11.92 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$21.86 billion (2006 est.)

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

Currency (code):
dong (VND)

Currency code:
VND

Exchange rates:
dong per US dollar - 16,037 (2006), 15,746 (2005), (2004), 15,510
(2003), 15,280 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Vietnam

Telephones - main lines in use:
15.845 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
9.593 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: Vietnam is putting considerable effort into