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Vietnam
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Việt Nam |
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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).
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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 South China Sea, where it claims the ► Paracel Islands and the ► Spratly Islands, that border ► Malaysia, ► Brunei and the ► Philippines. With a population of approximately 84 million, Vietnam is one of the most densely populated nations in Southeast Asia.
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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. |
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| 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 |
85,238,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
331,689 km² |
| Major language(s) |
Vietnamese |
| Major religion(s) |
No religion, Mahayana Buddhism |
| More information |
Vietnam, Geography of Vietnam, History of Vietnam and Politics of Vietnam |
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Vietnam - Vietnam (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Vietnam |
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Map of Vietnam (in Vietnamese) |
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Map of Vietnam |
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Map of Vietnam |
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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Map of the Vietnamese Regions |
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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.
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Han civilization 87 BCE |
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Han Civilization 2 BCE |
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Han foreign relations |
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Western Han Dinasty |
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Han Dinasty 189 |
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North Vietnam ruled by the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316) |
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Historical development of Vietnam |
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Parts of Vietnam under control of Funan |
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South East Asia circa 1100 showing the approximate areas of control for the Dai-Viet (Vietnam), Champa, and Khmer Empires |
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Kingdom of Champa's core territories |
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Vietnam around 1650 |
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Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942) |
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Map of French Indochina (Indochine française, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp) |
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The drawing shows the French disposition at 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. |
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South Vietnam (Nam Việt Nam) |
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Map of South Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam Cộng Hòa) |
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Map of South Vietnam in 1967 |
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Map of North Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa) |
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Tet Offensive |
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Vietnamese Chinese War 1978-1979 |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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Early Western Map of Tonkin (1651) |
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Tonking, Östl. Hinterindien, Hue, Ha-Noi (Meyers Konversationslexikon), 1888 |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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