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Map of Vietnam
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Location: Southeastern Asia,
bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea,
alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia |
Area: total: 329,560 sq km
land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km - 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 contiguous zone: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge
of the continental margin
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: 19.97% permanent crops: 5.95% other:
74.08% (2001) |
*Click on Halong Bay area of map to
zoom in
Map Courtesy of Lonely Planet,
Information Courtesy of CIA World Fact Book
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Geographic
coordinates: 16 00 N, 106 00 E
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 |
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