Lan Ha Bay in Vietnam at Night

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. One of the two Marxist–Leninist states in Southeast Asia, Vietnam shares land borders with China to t…
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. One of the two Marxist–Leninist states in Southeast Asia, Vietnam shares land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City.
  • Capital: Hanoi
  • Official language: Vietnamese
  • Government: Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic
  • Legislature: National Assembly
  • Currency: Vietnamese đồng (₫) (VND)
  • Calling code: +84
  • Ethnic groups (2019): 85.32% Kinh Vietnamese · 14.68% other

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