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South Vietnam

South Vietnam. Ricardo Mendoza Country Report Mr.Scott/ Ms.Soto 5/6/11. People. Population: 19,370,000 Language: Vietnamese Ethnicity Statistics: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1 %

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South Vietnam

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  1. South Vietnam Ricardo Mendoza Country Report Mr.Scott/Ms.Soto 5/6/11

  2. People • Population:19,370,000 • Language:Vietnamese • Ethnicity Statistics:Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% • Average life span:71.58, 68.78, 74.57 years old

  3. Information1 • Country Name: South Vietnam • Continent: Asia • Capital City: Ho Chi Minh City • Most known for: Developing planned -market economy.

  4. Major Cities,Oceans that Border ,Rivers, Lakes. • Hanoi,Hue,Danang,Nha Trang,Ho Chi Minh City. • Marginal sea, the Pacific Ocean,Singapore, Malacca Straits, Strait of Taiwan. • Mekong River, The Red River.

  5. Biomes and Climate • Biome: Tropical Jungle • Climate: a tropical monsoon type of climate

  6. Culture • Religons:Animism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Christianity. • Education:Facing the high percentage of illiteracy, the government conducted an active literacy campaign. Enrollment at the primary level was increased from 441,000 students in 1954 to more than 2,500,000 in 1973, nearly 85 percent of the children in the age group from 6 to 11.

  7. Culture: Part 2 • Customs: The Culture of Vietnam, an agricultural civilization based on the cultivation of wet rice, is one of the oldest in East Asia; the ancient Bronze ageDong Son culture is considered to be one of its most important progenitors. • Holidays: The major religious traditions in Vietnam are Buddhism (which fuses forms of Taoism and Confusianism), Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism), Islam, Cao Daism and the Hoa Hao sect.

  8. Culture: Part 3 • Dress :The ao dai (Vietnamese: áo dài) is a Vietnamesenational costume, now most commonly for women.Food: Vietnam’s ingredients reflect its geography and climate. Rice (grown in water paddies throughout the country) is the main starch used in everyday meals, and is also made into different kind of cakes and noodles.

  9. Economy • Money System: The State Bank of Vietnam is a ministry-level body under the administration of the government; the bank governor is a member of the cabinet (equivalent to a minister in the cabinet). The governor is nominated by the prime minister subject to the approval of the National Assembly (Parliament). Vice governors are appointed by the prime minister on the recommendation of the governor. Both governor and vice governors serve a 5-year term.

  10. Economy:Part 2 • Major imports: Cotton apparel & crude oil and lead. • Major exports: nuts & industrial rubber. • Typical jobs:Intern Job, PAM - System builder Job,and Account MGR - Telco/Utilities Job. • Average family incomes: Householdincome or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 29.8% (2006)

  11. Government • Type of government: Com Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) • How are laws passed: Communist legal theory and French civil law. • Current leaders:Chủ tịch nước Việt Nam/President • Citizen punishments: Put in tiger cages and tortured.

  12. Government:Part 2 • The Flag: At the end of World War II, Viet Minh leader Hồ Chí Minh proclaimed Vietnam independent and signed a decree on September 5, 1945 adopting the Viet Minh flag as the flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

  13. Bonus Slide: U.S.A in the Vietnam War

  14. Extra Bonus slide: South Vietnamese in War

  15. Extras • Thanks to all Vietnam War veterans that served and died for our Country. And ,thanks for helping South Vietnam in there conflict… • The End

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