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VIETNAM

Official Country Name SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

Languages VIETNAMESE

Population 97,040,334

Median Age 30.9

GDP Per Capita US $6,900

Source: CIA World Factbook

Total Value of Art Exported (UN Comtrade Database 2017) US $2,512,275

Arts Funding (Culture and Information) US $96,704,723

Art Programs (University Level) 3

Student Enrollment N/A

Source: CEIC Data, AAP (non-official)

Museums Exhibiting Contemporary Art 4

Contemporary Art Galleries (Commercial) 35

Contemporary Art Spaces (Nonprofit) 13

Art Foundations (NGO + Private) 4

Source: AAP (non-official)

Acknowledgments: Zoe Butt, Quynh Pham, Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran, Phan Thao Vy

Over its 44-year rule, the Communist Party of Vietnam

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