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Vanuatu

(Formerly: NEW HEBRIDES)
(WIPO code: VU)
(latest review January 2025)
by PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Melbourne, Australia

Area

12,189 sq. km.

Population

334,506 (2023).

Capital

Port-Vila.

Currency

Vatu (VUV).

Language(s)

English (official), French (official), Bislama (official) (a pidgin dialect) and more than 100 local languages.

This small Pacific archipelago, formerly known as the New Hebrides and ruled since 1906 as a joint British-French Condominium, gained its independence on July 30, 1980. Since 2002, the government has made efforts to boost tourism. Vanuatu’s economic development has been hindered by low exports, natural disasters and remoteness. Vanuatu experiences significant volcanic activity and is subject to tropical cyclones, minor earthquakes and tsunamis.

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