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Southeast Asia > Vietnam > Government

VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city Hanoi
Corruption 2.6 [110th of 160]
Procedures to build a warehouse > number 14 ... [127th of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number 37 ... [69th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number 4 ... [140th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 27.3 % ... [27th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 11 ... [57th of 171]
Status dictatorship
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days 133 days ... [129th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 295 days ... [140th of 171]
Time required to register property > days 67 days ... [62nd of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 50 days ... [49th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 1,050 hours ... [8th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 5 years ... [18th of 151]
Total businesses registered > number 72,012 ... [52nd of 71]
Trademarks, nonresidents 2,335 ... [31st of 99]
Trademarks, residents 3,483 ... [37th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
southeast Asian states have enhanced border surveillance to check the spread of avian flu; Cambodia and Laos protest Vietnamese squatters and armed encroachments along border; an estimated 300,000 Vietnamese refugees reside in China; establishment of a maritime boundary with Cambodia is hampered by unresolved dispute over the sovereignty of offshore islands; demarcation of the China-Vietnam boundary proceeds slowly and although the maritime boundary delimitation and fisheries agreements were ratified in June 2004, implementation has been delayed; China occupies the Paracel Islands also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan; involved in complex dispute with China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Brunei over the Spratly Islands; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; Vietnam continues to expand construction of facilities in the Spratly Islands; in March 2005, the national oil companies of China, the Philippines, and Vietnam signed a joint accord to conduct marine seismic activities in the Spratly Islands
United Nations mission
http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/diplomacy/
http://www.un.int/vietnam/

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Vietnam SR, Việt Nam

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