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Vietnamese units of measurement (Vietnamese: hệ đo lường Việt Nam) are the largely decimal units of measurement traditionally used in Vietnam until metrication. The base unit of length is the thước ( chữ Nôm : 𡱩 ; lit. "ruler") or xích ( chữ Hán : 尺 ).
The modern Brannock device takes three measurements of each foot: Foot length the length from heel to the tip of the longest toe (in increments of barleycorns) Arch length the length from heel to the inside of the ball of the foot, or medial metatarsophalangeal joint Width the width of the foot perpendicular to the length
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Hanoi's total area then increased to 334,470 hectares in 29 subdivisions [67] with the new population being 6,232,940, [67] effectively tripling its size. The Hanoi Capital Region (Vùng Thủ đô Hà Nội), a metropolitan area covering Hanoi and six surrounding provinces under its administration, will have an area of 13,436 square kilometres ...
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The land and sea boundary with China, delineated under the France-China treaties of 1887 and 1895, is "the frontier line" accepted by Hanoi. China agreed in 1957–1958 to respect that border line. However, in February 1979, following the Sino-Vietnamese War , Hanoi complained that from 1957 onward China had provoked numerous border incidents ...
American surveyors use a decimal-based system of measurement devised by Edmund Gunter in 1620. The base unit is Gunter's chain of 66 feet (20 m) which is subdivided into 4 rods, each of 16.5 ft or 100 links of 0.66 feet. A link is abbreviated "lk", and links "lks", in old deeds and land surveys done for the government.
Hanoi Capital Region or Hanoi Metropolitan Area (Vietnamese: Vùng thủ đô Hà Nội) is a metropolitan area currently planned by the government of Vietnam. This metropolitan area was created by decision 490/QD-TTg dated May 5, 2008 of the Prime Minister of Vietnam .