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  2. Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), 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 shares land borders with China to the north, and Laos and ...

  3. Geography of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Geography 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.

  4. Outline of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam – sovereign country located on the eastern extent of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia. [1] It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 98 million, Vietnam is the 15th most populous country in the world.

  5. Laos - Wikipedia

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    Laos. /  17.967°N 102.600°E  / 17.967; 102.600. Laos, [e] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao PDR or LPDR ), [f] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and ...

  6. History of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The history of Vietnam can be traced back to around 20,000 years ago. The first modern humans to arrive and settle in the area of modern-day Vietnam are known as the Hoabinhians, who can be traced as the ancestors of modern-day Negritos. Archaeological findings from 1965, which are still under research, show the remains of two hominins closely ...

  7. Ho Chi Minh City - Wikipedia

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    hochiminhcity .gov .vn. Ho Chi Minh City ( HCMC, Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ), commonly known as Saigon ( Vietnamese: Sài Gòn ), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 9.3 million in 2023. [6] The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the eponymously-named Saigon River is the largest.

  8. Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. Coordinates: 16.9°N 107.0°E. 1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was established as the dividing line between the two countries i.e. North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 22 July 1954 to 2 July 1976 when ...

  9. History of Vietnam (1945–present) - Wikipedia

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    Birth of the republic (1945) The Japanese occupied Vietnam during World War II but allowed the French to remain and exert some influence. At the war's end in August 1945, a power vacuum was created in Vietnam. Capitalizing on this, the Việt Minh launched the "August Revolution" across the country to seize government offices.

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