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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 ...
Vietnam has the 33rd longest coastline of 3,260 km (2,030 mi). [3] It includes much of the western area of the South China Sea and parts of the southern area bordering Malaysia and Brunei's EEZs. The total land area, including inland bodies of water, of Vietnam is 331,212 km 2 (127,882 sq mi). [n 1] Vietnam has dozens of islands.
Vietnam is located on the eastern Indochinese Peninsula between the latitudes 8° and 24°N, and the longitudes 102° and 110°E. It covers a total area of 331,210 km 2 (127,881 sq mi) [8] or 331,699 km 2 (128,070 sq mi). [9]
The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam.These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta.
The Mekong Delta is the region with the smallest forest area in Vietnam. 300,000 ha (740,000 acres) or 7.7% of the total area are forested as of 2011. The only provinces with large forests are Cà Mau province and Kiên Giang province , together accounting for two-thirds of the region's forest area, while forests cover less than 5% of the area ...
Homes surround the two sides of the runway and a small two-story building with a control tower on the roof is located by the apron. Since 2016, photos and reports were published showing extensive land-reclamation and construction work at Spratly Island, with new harbours and extension of the runway to at least 1,200 metres (3,900 ft).
The two south central provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region. This region is the most economically developed region in Vietnam . In 2006, this region contributed 148,000 billion VND (equal to $9.25 billion) out of 251,000 billion VND to the state budget. [ 4 ]
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. [85] 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.