Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country located on the eastern coast of the Indochina's Peninsula. Hanoi is Vietnam's capital while Ho Chi Minh is the country's largest city. Laos and Cambodia border Vietnam in the west, China from the north and the South China Sea in the Southern region.

Most visitors to Vietnam are overwhelmed by the sublime beauty of the country's natural setting: the Red River Delta in the north, the Mekong Delta in the south and almost the entire coastal strip are a patchwork of brilliant green rice paddies tended by women in conical hats. There are some divine beaches along the coast too, while inland there are soaring mountains, some of which are cloaked by dense, misty forests.

• Vietnam has a population of over 86 million people with a medium age of 27.4 years.1

• Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.1

• Vietnam’s literacy rate is over 90 percent.1

• During the current decade, Vietnam is the second fastest growing economy in the world. 2

• A significant milestone was Vietnam’s accession to the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) in 2007; it could be said that this effectively provided a formal confirmation of the changes that had been taking place within Vietnam.

• Vietnam's mobile telephone market passed the 70 million subscriber mark in early 2009 and is ranked 13th in the world.1

• The number of Internet users in Vietnam has grown exponentially from  430,000 Internet users in 2000 to 20,834,000 users in 20083; an increase of over 4,745 percent in just 8 years.

• Vietnam’s 20,834,000 Internet users in 2008 ranked 18th highest in the world.1
  
  1 Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency
  2 Source: Wikipedia
  3 Source: Vietnam Internet Network Information Center