Vietnam Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Vietnam with its capital Ha Noi is located in Asia (Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand). It covers some 329,561 square kilometres (slightly larger than New Mexico) with 86,116,000 citizens. Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese and Khmer are the official languages spoken in Vietnam (consider regional differences). China, Laos and Cambodia are bordering countries.

Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. Motorbike adventure tours: there are many tour operators who provide motorbike tours around the remote regions of Vietnam. Given that motorbikes are the main mode of transport in Vietnam, this can be a particularly authentic means of traveling through the country and visiting those off-the-beaten-track places. Most tours include accommodation, petrol, helmets, drivers and entry tickets to local places of interest. They usually speak good English or French and offer customised tours if desired.

Pictures from Capital (Ha Noi)

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About Vietnam

The landscape featureslow, flat delta in south and north with central highlands and hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest. The average density of population is about 261 per km². The climate in Vietnam can be described as tropical in south with monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March). Potential threats by nature are occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta.

To reach someone in Vietnam dial +84 prior to a number. There are 17,427,000 installed telephones. And there are 98,224,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".vn". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 127/220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 64 regions/states in Vietnam we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Vietnamese population grew at a rate of 1.1% (or by 980,804 citizens). With 534,740 deaths and 1,548,685 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.13%. -33,141 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Vietnam: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.