Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Asia
Area
331,689 km²
Country Bounds
N: 23.3888, S: 8.55961, W: 102.148, E: 109.465
Landlocked
No
Coordinates of Capital
Hanoi (21.0245, 105.84117)
Terrain
low, flat delta in south and northcentral highlandshilly, mountainous in far north and northwest
Climate
tropical in southmonsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
Border Countries
Cambodia 1,158 kmChina 1,297 kmLaos 2,161 km
Administrative & Political
Essential political and administrative details.
Capital
Hanoi
Government Type
Socialistic Republic
Established
1945
Driving Side
Right
Time zone
UTC +7 hours
Population & Society
Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
Population
95,540,395
Population Density
308.13 people/km²
Urban Areas
An DinhAn GiangAn NhonAn TamAn ThanhAp Sai GonAp TrungBac GiangBac KanBac Ninh
Nationality
Noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural) Adjective: Vietnamese
Distribution
though it has one of the highest population densities in the world, the population is not evenly dispersed; clustering is heaviest along the South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin, with the Mekong Delta (in the south) and the Red River Valley (in the north) having the largest concentrations of people
Metric – Meter (m), Kilogram (kg), Liter (L), Celsius (°C)
Infrastructure
Important identifiers for connectivity and commerce.
Internet TLD
.vn
Calling Code
+84
Barcode Prefix
893
Vietnam, a Southeastern Asian country, is situated along the coastline of the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea. It shares borders with China, Laos, and Cambodia.