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Regions of Vietnam Topographic map of Vietnam. Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and Pacific Ocean, along with China, Laos, and Cambodia.
An enlargeable topographic map of Vietnam. Geography of Vietnam. Vietnam is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia Asia Southeast Asia Indochina; Time zone: UTC+07; Extreme points of Vietnam High: Fan Si Pan 3,143 m (10,312 ft) Low: South China Sea 0 m; Land boundaries: 4,639 km Laos 2,130 km China 1,281 km
1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 22 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into the two military gathering areas, which was supposed to be sustained in the short term after the First Indochina War.
Dong Son village in Đắk Lắk Province, surrounded by mountains. Central Highlands is a plateau bordering the lower part of Laos and northeastern Cambodia. Kon Tum Province shares a border with both Laos and Cambodia but Gia Lai Province and Đắk Lắk Province only share borders with Cambodia. Lâm Đồng Province is landlocked, like ...
Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Hanoi is a landlocked municipality in the northern region of Vietnam, situated in Vietnam's Red River delta, nearly 90 km (56 mi) from the coast. Hanoi contains three basic kinds of terrain, which are the delta area, the midland area and the mountainous zone.
v. t. e. South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, French: République du Viêt Nam), was a country [8][9][10][11] in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975, with first international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam. [g] Its capital was located in Saigon, a city in Southern Vietnam.
Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification. Vietnam is located in both a tropical and a temperate zone. It is characterized by strong monsoon influences, but has a considerable amount of sun, a high rate of rainfall, and high humidity. Regions located near the tropics and in the mountainous regions are endowed with a temperate climate. [9]