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Vietnam remains a full member of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (La Francophonie) and education has revived some interest in the language. [390] Russian, and to a lesser extent German, Czech and Polish are known among some northern Vietnamese whose families had ties with the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. [391]
In traditional Vietnamese culture, kinship plays an important role in Vietnam. Whilst Western culture is known for its emphasis on individualism, Vietnamese culture places value on the roles of family. For specific information, see Vietnamese pronouns. In current rural Vietnam, one can still see three or four generations living under one roof.
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 (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Vietnam holds the second-highest number of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia with ten sites. [3] The Complex of Huế Monuments was the first site in Vietnam to be inscribed on the list at the 17th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Colombia in 1993. [4]
The Vietnam War began shortly after, between the communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and the anti-communist South Vietnam, supported by the United States. Upon the North Vietnamese victory in 1975, Vietnam reunified as a unitary socialist state under the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1976.
The national symbols of Vietnam are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Vietnam and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]
The location of Vietnam An enlargeable relief map of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Vietnam: Vietnam – sovereign country located on the eastern extent of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia. [ 1 ]
There are many symbols of Vietnam. Long ago, it was "Chim Lac", a kind of bird only found in stories. Chim Lac was the symbol found in the surface of "Bronze Drum"; it also was the symbol of the Vietnamese forbidden kingdom Lac Viet. (In Vietnamese, the word "Chim" means "Bird".) Nowadays, when thinking about Vietnam, people often think of the ...