Vietnam Fast Facts:

• GDP (2008): $84.98 billion.
• Real growth rate: 6.23% (2008)
• Inflation rate (January 2009): 17.48% year-on-year.
• External debt (2008): 29.8% of GDP, $21.8 billion.
• Population: 85.79 million
• Services: 38.10% of GDP, 2008
• Exports: $62.9 billion
• Imports: $80.4 billion
• Goldman Sachs paper: Vietnam: The Next Asian Tiger in the Making