Smart and hard working: Ten times larger than Taiwan in area (330,000 square kilometers) and three times larger in population (65 million), Vietnam is potentially rich in agriculture, forestry, fishery, livestock and minerals and has long been renowned as a rice, rubber and coffee producer. It is the third largest rice exporter in the world and second to none among Southeast Asian countries in terms of its resources.
十倍於台灣的土地（卅三萬平方公里）、三倍於台灣的人口（六千五百萬），加上農林漁牧礦產豐富，越南早年即以生產稻米、橡膠、咖啡聞名，是世界第三大稻米輸出國，自然條件不遜於東南亞其他國家。