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Vietnam in brief
Image Area: 331,114 square kilometers
Population: 80,902,400
inhabitants (2003)                                      
Capital: Hanoi
People: 87% Vietnamese, 11% minority (tribal people) and 2 % ethnic Chinese. There are 53 known minority groups in Vietnam.
Language: Vietnamese
Religion: Traditional religions are Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism (re-elects the Chinese influence), and Confucianism etc.
GDP: US$ 33.7 billion (2003)
GDP per capita: US$ 485 (2003)
Principal exports (2003): crude oil, garments and textiles, sea products, footwear, rice, coffee etc.
Principal imports (2003) capital equipment, refined petroleum, textile, steel, cloth etc.
Vietnam has significant potential in energy resources (oil, gas, coal and hydroelectric power) and very rich in other minerals such as bauxite, iron ore, copper, precious stones, tin, chromate, apatite and building materials (granite, marble, clay, silica sand and graphite). This mineral wealth together with significant marine resources, tropical forests and agricultural products gives Vietnam high potential prospects for future economic development. 
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Sweden in brief
ImageArea: 450,000 km² (174,000 sq. mi.)
Capital: Stockholm
Population: 9 million inhabitants
Language: Swedish
Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
Religion: 82% belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden
Most important export goods: Paper products, electrical and computer equipment, motor vehicles etc.
Most important import goods: Petroleum products, motor vehicles and accessories, machinery etc.
GDP: US$ 238.1 bil (2003)

GDP per capita: US$ 26,800 (2003)
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The Research Fund will be operating as of April 2005 with the aim to support applied  researches, independent or interdisciplinary, of high scientific merit in the area of Health, Biotechnology, Rural development and Environment. The duration of each research may be from 1-2 years.
Hanoi Medical University
Forest Tree Improvement Research Centre.
Agricultural Genetics Institute
Institute of Biotechnology
Ho Chi Minh University of Agriculture and Forestry
Hanoi University of Education
Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry
Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography
Institute of Marine Environment and Resources
Institute of mechanics
Institute of Economics
National Institute for Science, Technology Policy and Strategy Studies
Office of the Vietnam-Sweden Research Cooperation Programme