Vietnam Map

CAPITAL: Hanoi

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Unitary Single-Party Socialist Republic

AREA: 329,565 Square Kilometers (127,246 Square Miles)

ESTIMATED POPULATION: 78,000,000

LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Vietnam is located in South East Asia. The South China Sea to the east, Laos and Cambodia to the west and China to the north. The country can be divided into three regions, North Vietnam, Central Vietnam and South Vietnam.

PEOPLE: The Vietnamese also called Annamese or Annamites,are most of the population.

LANGUAGES: The official language is Vietnamese or Quoc-Ng. Languages such as French, Chinese, English are also spoken.