Location: Central Asia, north of Afghanistan

Language: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Currency: Uzbekistani som (UKS)

Population: 24,102,473

Natural Hazards: NA

Import: grain, machinery and parts, consumer durables, other foods

Export: cotton, gold, natural gas, mineral fertilizers, ferrous
metals, textiles, food products, autos

Industries: textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, natural gas

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 3,380 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 3,380 km 1.520-m gauge (300 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 81,600 km
paved: 71,237 km (note—these roads are said to be hard surfaced, meaning that
some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
unpaved: 10,363 km dirt

Waterways: 1,100

Ports & Harbors: Termiz

Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia

Language: Vietnamese (official), Chinese, English, French, Khmer, tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)

Currency: 1 new dong (D) = 100 xu

Population: 77,311,210

Natural Hazards: occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding

Import: machinery and equipment, petroleum products,
fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles

Export: crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea,
garments, shoes

Industries: food processing, garments, shoes, machine building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,835 km (in addition, there are 224 km not restored to service after war damage)
standard gauge: 151 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,454 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 230 km NA-m gauges (three rails)

Highways:
total: 93,300 km
paved: 23,418 km
unpaved: 69,882 km

Waterways: 17,702 km navigable; more than 5,149 km navigable at all times by
vessels up to 1.8 m draft

Ports & Harbors: Cam Ranh, Da Nang, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Gai, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang