Time zone: GMT + 7 hours
Location: a country in southeastern Asia, bordering China, Laos, and Cambodia, and the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea.
Capital: Hanoi
Currency: dong (currency code VND)
Languages: Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese, Khmer, mountain area languages Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian. Business language: English.
Airport authority contact information: Civil Aviation Administration, Hanoi. Telephone: +84 (0)4 827 1843
Airports: In 2005 Vietnam had 29 airports, 16 of which have a paved runway, the most significant of which are:
Buon Ma Thuot Airport
Can Tho Airport
Cape St Jacques Airport
Da Nang Airport
Duong Dang Airport
Haiphong Catbi Airport
Ho Chi Minh City Airport
Kontum Airport
Lienkhang Airport
Long Xuyen Airport
Nha Trang Airport
Noibai Airport
Phan Rang Airport
Phan Thiet Airport
Phu Bai Airport
Phu-vinh Airport
Phubon Airport
Phuoc Long Airport
Pleiku Airport
Quang Duc Nhon Co Airport
Quang Ngai Airport
Qui Nhon Airport
Rach Gia Airport
Vinh Long Airport
