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| Choose the first letter to select required country: Geography Of Vietnam
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| Location | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia |
| Geographic coordinates | 16 00 N, 106 00 E |
| Map references | southeast_asia |
| Area |
total: 329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than New Mexico |
| Land boundaries |
total: 4,639 km border countries: cambodia 1,228 km, china 1,281 km, laos 2,130 km |
| Coastline | 3,444 km (excludes islands) |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March) |
| Terrain | low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: south china sea 0 m highest point: fan si pan 3,144 m |
| Natural resources | phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
| Land use |
arable land: 19.97% permanent crops: 5.95% other: 74.08% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 30,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
| Environment - current issues | logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices contribute to deforestation and soil degradation; water pollution and overfishing threaten marine life populations; groundwater contamination limits potable water supply; growing urban industrialization and population migration are rapidly degrading environment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at its narrowest point |
Introduction and Background to Vietnam | People Of Vietnam | Government Of Vietnam | Economy Of Vietnam | Communications Of Vietnam | Transportation Of Vietnam | Military Of Vietnam | Transnational Issues Of Vietnam
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