Statistics for Vietnam A-Z

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
S	Former name of Ho Chi Minh City	Saigon	87%
N	Most common family name	Nguyễn	86%
D	Currency, with a somewhat phallic name	Dong	84%
M	Vital river for the rice-growing regions of the south	{Mekong} River	82%
E	Most common second language	English	81%
O	Politician who visited in 2016	Obama	81%
P	Noodle soup dish	Phở	80%
T	Vietnamese New Year (and 1968 Offensive)	Tet	79%
B	Vietnamese-style baguette sandwich	Bánh mì	77%
H	UNESCO World Heritage Site of limestone karsts	{Ha} {Long} Bay	74%
I	Peninsula where Vietnam is located	Indochina	72%
V	Liberation group that fought against South Vietnam	Viet Cong	72%
R	River on which Hanoi sits	{Red} River	68%
L	Flower considered a symbol of Vietnam	Lotus	67%
A	National outfit: a long silk tunic worn over trousers	Áo dài	64%
Y	Like the star on the Vietnamese flag	Yellow	64%
K	2017 monster movie filmed in Vietnam	Kong: Skull Island	63%
U	Familial term of endearment for Ho Chi Minh	{Uncle} Ho	61%
Q	Vietnam's largest island, once used as a prison	Phu {Quốc}	58%
C	Is the 2nd-largest producer of this crop in the world	Coffee	52%
X	Current prime minister	Nguyễn {Xuân} Phúc	48%
Z	Most popular (and Vietnamese-made) messaging app	Zalo	48%
F	Tallest mountain	Fansipan	44%
W	Holiday celebrated every May 1	International {Workers'} Day	36%
G	Body of water where the USS Maddox was supposedly attacked	Gulf of Tonkin	24%
J	Alexandre de Rhodes, who invented the alphabet, was one of these priests	Jesuits	23%