The
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Mainland
Territory : 329,241 sq. km
Population :80,902,400
inhabitants (in 2003)
National Capital
:Hanoi
Lying on the eastern part
of the Indochinese peninsula, Vietnam is a strip of land shaped like
the letter 'S'. China borders it to the north, Laos and Cambodia to
the west, the East Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the east
and south. The country's total length from north to south is 1,650km.
Its width, stretching from east to west, is 600km at the widest point
in the north, 400km in the south, and 50km at the narrowest part, in
the centre, in Quang Binh Province. The coastline is 3,260km long and
the inland border is 4,510km. Latitude: 102o 08' - 109o 28' east
Longitude: 8o 02' - 23o 23' north Vietnam is also a transport junction
from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
