COMPARATIVE PRESENTATION ON VIETNAM AND INDIA

BY-RANJAN KR. MISHRA

VIETNAM

MAP

INDIA

GEOGRAPHY
VEITNAM
Area: Total Land Water Boundaries: 3,29,560 sq km 3,25,360 sq km 4,200 sq km Cambodia , China , Laos

INDIA
32,87,263 sq km 29,73,193 sq km 3,14,070 sq km the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north 20 00 N, 77 00 E

Climate:

Tropical in south; Monsoon in north with hot, rainy season (M to S) & warm, dry season (O to M.) : 16 0' N and 106 0' E

Latitude and Longitude:

PEOPLE
VIETNAM
Population Annual population growth rate 0.8 billion(est.) 1.077%

INDIA
1.2 billion(2011 est.) 1.41%

Population density:

259 People km, Sq

368people / Km Sq

Education: Health:

94%

74% 20.97 births/1,000 pop 56.29 deaths/1,000 births

Birth rate 17.07 births/1,000 pop Infant mortality rate 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy 73 yrs. Death rate 5.96/1,000 pop. 46.21 million

63 yrs 7.48 deaths/1,000 pop.

478.3 million

Work force

GOVERNMENT
VIETNAM
Type:

INDIA
Republic

Socialist State. Hanoi

Capital:

Delhi

Independence:

Sept. 2, 1945. April 15, 1992.

15 Augst.1947.

New constitution:

26 Jan 1950

Principal Government Officials

President, PM, Deputy President,vice,PM,Home Minister,Minister of External PM & Minister of affair,Ambasder to the Foreign Affairs.
US,Ambasder to the UN.

ECONOMY
VEITNAM
GDP: Real growth rate Per capita GDP $276.6 billion . 6.8%. $ 3,100.

INDIA
$1.538Trillion. 10.4% $ 3,500 coal , iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromites, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land rice, wheat, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, lentils, onions, potatoes; dairy products, sheep, goats, poultry; fish

Natural resources Coal, Crude oil, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron., etc.

Agriculture:

rice, coffee, cashews, maize, pepper (spice), sweet potato, pork, peanut, cotton, plus extensive.

Industries:

Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity, Gas, Water supply, Cement, Phosphate, and Steel.

textiles, chemicals, food processing, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, steel, software, pharmaceuticals

Trade: Imports-

$ 84 billion. $ 71.6 billion.

$ 327 billion

Culture
Vietnam
Religion: Buddhism(70%), Catholicism(10%), Protestantism, Islam.etc. Vietnam is a multi-nationality country. It has 54 ethnic groups with about 90 million people vietnamese,English & chinese,french.etc

India
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% Hindi,English Bengali, Telugu , Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada,Malayalam, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi, Assamese , Maithili,other Diwali,Dussehra, Holi etc. North Indian Food, West Indian Food, East Indian Food, South Indian Food

Ethnic Group:

Language:

Major festival: Consumption habits: Food:

Quan The Am , Cau Ngu , The Huong Perfume Pagoda. meats are pork, beef, chicken, prawn and various fish. Lamb, duck, birds, and even dog or other wild animals , noodles and cakes,etc.

Relations with India

India-Vietnam relations have been exceptionally friendly and cordial

since their foundations were laid by Prime Minister Nehru and President Ho Chi Minh more than 50 years ago.
Vietnam is an important regional partner in South East Asia. India and

Vietnam closely cooperate in various regional forums such as ASEAN, East Asia Summit, Mekong Ganga Cooperation, Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM).
Vietnam continues to be an attractive investment destination for Indian

companies. Several Indian companies in sectors as diverse as oil and gas, steel, minerals, tea, coffee, sugar and food processing have invested in Vietnam.

Business Growth Opportunities with India

India is the 13th-largest exporter to Vietnam.

Its exports have grown steadily from USD 11.5 million in

1985-86 to USD 395.68 million by 2003. Vietnam's exports to India rose to USD 180 million, including agricultural products, handicrafts, textiles, electronics and other goods. Between 2001 and 2006, the volume of bilateral trade expanded at 20-30% per annum to reach USD 1 billion by 2006.Continuing the rapid pace of growth, bilateral trade is expected to rise to USD 2 billion by 2008.