Trade

Exporting and Importing

Vietnam exports and imports with many countries, mostly with their neighbouring
countries such as China. Internationally, Vietnam has a diplomatic relationship with
around 160 countries and has a trade link with over 150 countries. 8.8% of Vietnams
imports is refined petroleum, 3.8% are Telephones, 3.3% for Integrated Circuits, Hot
Rolled Iron at 2% and Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric at 1.7%. 28% of the products
imported come from China, 15% brought from South Korea, 9.5% from Japan, 5.9%
from Singapore leaving 1.3% of its imports from Australia. 2.9% of Vietnams exports
is rice earning them an average of 3.3 billion a year, but
coffee earned the country more money for the country
(3.1%) earning them 3.5 billion and leather footwear at
4%. 16% of the products exported goes to the U.S, 13%
bought by Japan, sending 12% to China, 5.7% to Germany and 2.8% to Australia.

Australia also exports and imports with many countries,
since federation, Australia started to export and import
with closer countries for example, countries in Asia such as
Japan rather than the UK. Australias main trading
partners are Japan, China the U.S, Taiwan, South Korea,
Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand. Australia mainly
exports coal, natural gas (to create electricity), wheat and livestock which is a big
business in Australia.

Natural Resources
Vietnam has many natural resources which are also
exported all over the world. Vietnam has many natural
resources such as timber, energy (oil, natural gas, coal
and hydropower which is
electricity created by
moving water), minerals such as iron, copper and gold.
Australia also has similar resources and exports the
products such as oil, natural gas, coal, uranium and
timber.
Health and Security
Health and Education
In Vietnam the risk of catching a disease is very high. A common disease is Malaria
caused by being bitten by a female Plasmodium vivax. 300 million people are
infected every year. The ways to realise if someone has Malaria is a
high fever, has painful headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and
confusion. To avoid getting this disease is to wear long sleeves and
long pants, wear a mosquito net when sleeping, covering the air
vent (of the air conditioner) with a mosquito net and wear
mosquito repellent with DEET. The Vietnamese government spends 6.6% of the
economy on health (hospitals, medical supplies, better education), 95% of the total
population is able to access clean, fresh water while 5% are not. 93.4% of the
population is able to read and write (15 and over), 95.4% of men is literate and
91.4% of women).

Security and Military
Vietnam is a safe country with hardly any violent crimes and terrorist threats are not
common. All over Vietnam, the most common items for thieves (mostly motorcyclist)
steal wallets, cameras and anything that is worth a lot of
money from people at restaurants and shopping centres
when the valuable item is not properly being monitored. In
Vietnam it is mandatory for males aged 18-25 to help in
voluntary military services. The safest way to travel is by
pedicabs.




Tourism
Who travels to Vietnam?
Many people travel to Vietnam for different reasons, 61% go to
Vietnam to explore the amazing features Vietnam has to offer (2 194
931 people), 20% (723 264) for business, 443 443 (12% people go to
Vietnam to visit relatives while 245 682 people (7%) come for other
reasons. The people who visit Vietnam come from all over the world, 65% of those
live in Asia, 15% originated in Europe, 13% are from North and South America and
the last of the people come from Australasia. 15% of the people come from China
(538 645), 11% from South Korea (392 150), 10% from the U.S (357 299), 9% from
Japan (333 226) and 6% from Australia (199 035). 78% of the people travelling to
Vietnam come by air (2 791 556), 3% by boat (27 481) and 19% by road (678 804).

Why Tourists go to Vietnam
Vietnam lays in South East Asia, 3 hours behind the Australian Eastern Standard
Time. In many peoples opinions, the best months to travel to v is between January
and March because of the cool weather, not too cold or too hot and the many
traditional festivals celebrated in that period of time. Tourists love to have Vietnam
as a tourist destination because of the breathtaking landscapes, friendly people, its
an affordable place to travel to, travellers explore a one in a lifetime experience, the
fantastic food, the country has a quick and simple immigration process, the
environment, traditional festivals and beautiful beaches.

The most popular tourist destination in the whole country is Ha
Long Bay (which means Bay of the Descending Dragons) which is
located up north. The coast line measures to 120 kilometres. The
bay has thousands of small islands which has its own thick jungle.
By Alysandra 6B