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Vietnam

	Việt Nam

Tiếng Việt	Việt Nam - Cộng hòa Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam Cộng hòa Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, là một quốc gia nằm phía đông của bán đảo Đông Dương, thuộc khu vực Đông Nam Á. Lãnh thổ Việt Nam tiếp giáp với nước Trung Quốc ở phía bắc, nước Lào và nước Campuchia ở phía tây, vịnh Thái Lan ở phía tây nam và biển Đông ở phía đông và phía nam với hơn 4.000 hòn đảo, bãi đá ngầm lớn nhỏ, gần và xa bờ, có vùng nội thuỷ, lãnh hải, vùng đặc quyền kinh tế và thềm lục địa được Chính phủ Việt Nam xác định gần gấp ba lần diện tích đất liền (khoảng trên 1 triệu km2).
English	Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in Southeast Asia. It borders the ► People's Republic of China with ► Guangxi to the north, ► Laos to the northwest and ► Cambodia to the southwest. To the country's east lies the East Vietnam Sea which China called South Chia Sea, where over 4000 islands located including Vietnam's claims on the ► Paracel Islands and the ► Spratly Islands, that border ► Indonesia, ► Malaysia, ► Brunei and the ► Philippines. With a population of approximately 88 million, Vietnam is one of the most densely populated nations in Southeast Asia. Vietnam had its continental shelf estimated to be around triple size of its current land area.
Other languages	Français: Le Viêt Nam (République Socialiste du Viêt Nam) est un pays d'Asie du Sud-Est. Il se situe à l'extrême est de la péninsule indochinoise. Le pays occupe une superficie de 331 690 km² pour environ 85 millions d'habitants. Il est entouré de la Chine au nord ; du Laos et du Cambodge à l'ouest ; et de la mer de Chine méridionale à l'est et au sud.

Short name	Vietnam
Official name	Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Status	Independent country since 1945, recognized 1954, united since 1976
Location	South East Asia
Capital	Hà Nội (Hanoi)
Population	87,375,000 inhabitants
Area	331,689 km²
Major languages	Vietnamese (official)
Major religions	No religion, Mahayana Buddhism
More information	Vietnam, Geography of Vietnam, History of Vietnam and Politics of Vietnam
More images	Vietnam - Vietnam (Category).

General maps

Map of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Includes island claims.

Map of Vietnam (in English). Includes island claims.

Map of Vietnam from the CIA World Factbook.

Map of Vietnam from the CIA World Factbook (translated to Vietnamese).

Physical map of Vietnam.

Political map of Vietnam.

Satellite image of Vietnam.

Map of Vietnam's railway network.

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Map of Vietnam administrative divisions. Includes island claims.

Map of the Regions of Vietnam.

Map of the Provinces of Vietnam (in Vietnamese)

Districts of Vietnam. Includes island claims.

Provincial locator maps

An Giang
Bac Giang
Bac Kan
Bac Lieu
Bac Ninh
Ba Ria-Vung Tau
Ben Tre
Binh Dinh
Binh Duong
Binh Phuoc
Binh Thuan
Ca Mau
Can Tho
Cao Bang
Dak Lak
Dak Nong
Da Nang
Dien Bien
Dong Nai
Dong Thap
Gia Lai
Ha Giang
Ha Nam
Hai Duong
Hai Phong
Hanoi
Hau Giang
Ha Tay
Ha Tinh
Hoa Binh
Ho Chi Minh City
Hung Yen
Khanh Hoa
Kien Giang
Kon Tum
Lai Chau
Lao Cai
Lam Dong
Lang Son
Long An
NamDinh
Nghe An
NinhBinh
NinhThuan
Phu Tho
Phu Yen
Quang Binh
Quang Nam
Quang Ngai
Quang Ninh
Quang Tri
Soc Trang
Son La
Tay Ninh
Thai Binh
Thai Nguyen
Thanh Hoa
Thua Thien-Hue
Tien Giang
Tra Vinh
Tuyen Quang
Vinh Long
Vinh Phuc
Yen Bai

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Vietnam, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Vietnam.

Chinese empires

North Vietnam ruled by Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD).

Han civilization 87 BCE.

Han Civilization 2 BCE.

Han foreign relations.

Western Han Dynasty.

Han Dynasty 189.

North Vietnam ruled by the Three Kingdoms, 220-280.

North Vietnam ruled by the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316).

Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420).

Vietnam under the Chinese Tang Dynasty, 608-907.

Other empires (pre-19th c.)

Funan

Parts of Vietnam under control of Funan.

Khmer, Champa, Dai Viet

Parts of Vietnam under control of the Khmer Empire.

Kingdom of Champa's core territories.

Southeast Asia in 900.

Southeast Asia in 1000–1100.

South East Asia circa 1100 showing the approximate areas of control for the Dai-Viet (Vietnam), Champa, and Khmer Empires.

Southeast Asia in 1300.

Southeast Asia in 1400.

Dai Viet

Vietnam around 1650.

Southward expansion (Nam Tien) of the Dai Viet Empire.

French Indochina (1887–1954)

Map of French Indochina.

The Expansion of French Indochina.

French Indochina, 1954.

The drawing shows the French disposition at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, as of March 1954. The French took up positions on a series of fortified hills (shown in green). The southermost, Isabelle, was dangerously isolated. The Viet Minh positioned their 5 divisions (the 304th, 308th, 312th, 316th, and 351st) in the surrounding areas to the north and east. From these areas, the Vietminh had a clear line of sight on the French fortifications and were able to accurately rain down artillery on the French positions.

Japanese occupation (1940–1945)

Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942)

North Vietnam (1954–1976)

Locator map of North Vietnam.

Map of North Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa).

South Vietnam (1954–1976)

Locator map of South Vietnam (Nam Việt Nam).

Map of South Vietnam.

Map of South Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam Cộng Hòa) in 1967.

Map of the Tet Offensive.

Other historical maps

Animated map of the history of railway construction in Vietnam, 1881–1966.

Map of the Sino–Vietnamese War (Third Indochina War), 1979.

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

Early Western Map of Tonkin (1651).

Indochina in 1886.

Tonking, Östl. Hinterindien, Hue, Ha-Noi (Meyers Konversationslexikon), 1888.

Indochina in 1905 (German).

Indochina in 1931 (Czech).

Notes and references

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