(Formerly: NEW HEBRIDES)
(WIPO code: VU) (latest review February 2022)
by PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Melbourne, Australia
(Formerly: NEW HEBRIDES)
(WIPO code: VU) (latest review February 2022)
by PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Melbourne, Australia
12,189 sq. km.
303,009 (estimated July 2021).
Port-Vila.
English (official), French (official), Bislama (official) (a pidgin dialect) and more than 100 local languages.
Vatu (VUV); 1 U.S. dollar = 113.806 VUV (December 2021).
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.