| VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT STATS: |
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Capital city
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Hanoi |
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Corruption
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2.6 |
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[110th of 160]
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Procedures to build a warehouse > number
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14
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[127th of 168]
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Procedures to enforce a contract > number
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37
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[69th of 170]
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Procedures to register property > number
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4
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[140th of 167]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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27.3 %
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[27th of 174]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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11
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[57th of 171]
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Status
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dictatorship |
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Suffrage 18 years of age; universal |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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133 days
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[129th of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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295 days
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[140th of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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67 days
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[62nd of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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50 days
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[49th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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1,050 hours
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[8th of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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5 years
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[18th of 151]
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Total businesses registered > number
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72,012
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[52nd of 71]
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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2,335
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[31st of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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3,483
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[37th of 98]
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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/ |