Vietnam

=__Noah Morse and Christian Burlingame__ =

__Vietnam__

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__Political information:__
= The type of government for Vietnam is communist. The current leader in vietnam is Dung Tan Nguyen. The Suffarage age is 18 years old. Their legal system is based on communist and French civil law system. =

= __Social:__ = = There is 88,576,758 people in Vietnam's population. The life expectancy is 71.71 years of age. The HIV/AIDS for citizens is 1.98 rate. The Ethnic groups in Vietnam consist of Vietnamese (86.2%), Tay (1.9%), Thai (1.7%), Muong (1.5%), Khome (1.4%), Hoa (1.1%), Nun (1.1%), Hmong (1.0%), other (4.1 %). Religious groups in Vietnam consist of buddhism (9.3%), Christianity (6.7%), Hao Hao (1.5%), Cao Dai (1.1%), Protestant (0.5%), Muslim (0.1%), other (80.8%). The Literacy in Vietnam that are able to read or write is age 15 and over. Languages are in Vietnam consist of Vietnamese (official language), English (2nd), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain languages are mon-khmer andn malayo-polynesian. =

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= __Economical:__ = = The Vietnamese are working on making more export driven industries. The poverty rate in Vietnam has declined consideribly and is working on making new jobs for the people there. The major industries in vietnam are the oil industries, broadcast stations, tv broadcasts, railways, waterways, and airports. Some natural resources are poddy rice, coffee, cotton, tea, pepper, soybeans, cashews, sugarcane, peanuts, bananas, poultry, fish, and seafood. The gdp in Vietnam is $256 billion. =

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= __Synthetic Marijuana a Growing Trend among Teens:__ = = The growing of illegal drugs like marijuana is really starting to condsider the health care of vietnamese people. It can be sold in stores and online and some people in the health care officials think that it shouldn't be legalized. Health care officials thinks it shouldn't be legalized beacuse marijuana can cause panic attacks, all sorts of hallucinations, delusions, vomiting, increased agitation, and dialated pupils which could be harmful to the abuser. Dawn Deardon says, "When you are using these types of drugs it is like playing russian roulette." = []

= __Agent Orange Is a still a problem in Vietnam:__ = = During the Vietnam War, Agent orange was used as a poison to clear away the Jungles to find vietnamese troops. The effects of this deadly poison is still a problem till today in the jungles of Vietnam. The Vietnamese who were exposed to the chemical have suffered from cancer, liver damage, heart diseases, defects to reproduce, and skin and nervous disorders. Children and grandchildren of those exposed have severe physical deformities, mental and physical disabilities, and shortened life spans. The forests and jungles in many parts of southern Vietnam have been devastated. They may never grow back and if they do, it will take 50 to 200 years to grow back. Animals that inhabited the forests and jungles have become extinct, disturbing the communities that needed them. The rivers and underground water in some areas have also been contaminated. Erosion and desertification will change the environment, contributing to the warming of the planet and destruction of crop and animal life. = media type="custom" key="5877823"
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