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    Introduction


    France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forces under Ho Chi Minh, who took control of the North. US economic and military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later, North Vietnamese forces overran the South.


    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


    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: 17.41% permanent crops: 4.71% other: 77.88% (1998 est.)


    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


    Population


    82,689,518 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Hanoi


    Phone Code


    +84


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