From the 1st to the 6th centuries, the south of what is now Vietnam was part of the Indianised kingdom of Funan. The Hindu kingdom of Champa appeared around present-day Danang in the late 2nd century and had spread south to what is now Nha Trang by ...

Vietnam Population Close portrait of a Hmong woman Recent census estimates the population of Vietnam at beyond 86 million (2008). Vietnamese people, also called "Viet" or "Kinh", account for 86.2% of the population. Their ...

Vietnam Economy Historically, Vietnam has been an agricultural civilization based on wet rice cultivating. The Vietnam War destroyed much of the economy of Vietnam. Upon taking power, the Government created a planned economy for the nation. ...

The Culture of Vietnam which is the agricultural civilization based on the wet rice cultivating is one of the oldest of such in the Asia Pacific region. In terms of prehistory, most Vietnamese historians consider the ancient Dong Son culture to be ...

Sunday is a holiday for all state Institutions. There are also 8 other holiday each year: January 1st: 1 day April 30th Saigon Liberation Day: 1day. May 1st International Labour Day: 1 day September 2nd National day of the ...