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Central Political System
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was established on February 3, 1930. Over the past 75 years, the CPV has been in the vanguard of the struggle for national independence
Administrative Divisions and Local Authorities
Vietnam is subdivided into 59 provinces and 5 province-level cities, which are further subdivided into districts and municipalities
Economy
Agriculture and forestry (20.4% of GDP, 2006):
Principal products
--rice, maize, sweet potato, peanut, soya bean, cotton, coffee, cashews.
Cultivated land
--12.2 million hectares.
Land use
--21% arable; 28% forest and woodland; 51% other.
People
At present there are 54 different ethnic groups inhabiting Vietnam, in which Kinh (Viet) people make up nearly 90% of the whole population, and 53 other ethnic groups represent over 10%.
Culture Philosophy and ideologies
At the start, with primitive and rudimentary cognition of materialism and dialectics, Vietnamese thought was mixed with beliefs
Literature
Vietnamese literature came into being at an early date, including two major components - folk literature and written literature
Vietnam has got some 50 national music instruments
which the set of percussion instruments is the most popular, diverse and long-lasting such as trong dong (copper drums). The set of blowing instruments is represented by flutes and pan-pipes, while the set of string instruments is specified by
dan bau
and
dan day
.
Customs
The old-style Vietnamese house was related to the watery environment (stilted house with curved roof). Then came thatch-roofed house with clay walls, which were built mostly from wood and bamboo
Sports
The 4000-year history filled with eternal wars of founding and defending the country had tempered a martial Vietnamese nation. This martial tradition was evidently manifested in sporting events found in the collective activities of the Viet people from the very old time.
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