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Area. Total: 331,210 km 2 (127,880 sq mi) country rank in the world: 66th; Land: 310,070 km 2 (119,720 sq mi) Water: 21,140 km 2 (8,160 sq mi) Area – comparative. Australia comparative: approximately 4 / 9 larger than Victoria; Canada comparative: approximately half the size of Alberta; United States comparative: slightly larger than ...
On 2 July 1976, North and South Vietnam were merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. [156] The war had devastated Vietnam and killed 966,000 to 3.8 million people. [ 157 ] [ 158 ] [ 159 ] A 1974 US Senate subcommittee estimated nearly 1.4 million Vietnamese civilians were killed or wounded between 1965 and 1974—including 415,000 killed.
Vietnam rejects China's nine-dash line which extends much further than China's 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from its shores. The nine-dash line cuts straight through Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea and would reduce Vietnam's EEZ by 3/4th. This line also cuts the EEZ of the Philippines and Malaysia in half.
Central Vietnam (Trung Bộ, Miền Trung) North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ) Hà Tĩnh; Nghệ An; Quảng Bình; Quảng Trị; Thanh Hóa; Thừa Thiên–Huế; 51,242.75 11,190,830 218.39 It contains the coastal provinces in the northern half of Vietnam's narrow central part. They all stretch from the coast in the east to Laos in the west.
Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class ( I ), second class ( II ), and third class ( III ).
Two art and literature journals Nhân văn (Humanism) and Giai Phẩm (Art Works) that supported the argument were subsequently banned. [21] Following year, Vietnam Association of Fine Arts in Hanoi or National Arts Association was established with 108 member headed by Thái Bá Vân.
A reception honoring local Vietnam veterans will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The museum offers free admission, open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays. The facility is also open by appointment by ...
In 1978, National Assembly (Vietnam) decided to expand Hanoi for the second time to 2,136 km 2, with a population of 2.5 million people. [86] By 1991, the area of Hanoi continued to change, decreasing to 924 km 2 (357 sq mi), but the population was still over 2 million people.