 The
Socialist Republic of Vietnam or Vietnam as it is
commonly referred to as, is located in Southeast Asia.
It is the easternmost nation on the Indochina Peninsula.
On its east it is bordered by the South China Sea, on
its southwest it is bordered by Cambodia, on its
northwest it shares border with Laos and it has China on
its north. With a population of about eighty-six million
people, Vietnam is considered to be the 13th most
populated nation in the world. There are fifty-eight
provinces in the country and these provinces are further
divided in to townships, counties and provincial
municipalities.
Vietnam has an area of about 331,688 square kilometers
and its size can be compared to the size of Germany. The
country is covered 40% by mountains and it only has 20%
level land. Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Halong
Bay are the two natural heritage sites of the world.
Vietnam is also home to the six biosphere reserves of
the world and these reserves are Western Nghe An, Red
River Delta, Kien Giang, Cat Ba, Cat Tien and the Can
Gio Mangrove Forest. It is being estimated that the
population of the country is about eighty-four million.
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