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| The Socialist
Republic of Viet Nam is located nearly in the center of the SouthEast
Asian region. Its mainland frontier amounts to 4,510Km, of which 1,306
km are adjacent to China to the North, 2,067 km to Laos to the west
1,137km to Cambodia. Viet Nam looks over the Pacific Ocean to the East
and South.
Viet Nam is an S-shaped country with 330,991 sq.km of land area and 1,000,000 sq.km of seawaters. There are nearly 4,00 small and large islands, of which Truong Sa and Hoang Sa are the largest archipelagos. Viet Nam’s topography is diversified with rivers, mountains, plains, highlands and islands. Viet Nam is divided into 3 various regions. Typically, the Northern region is divided into 3 large parts. |
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plain, formed by the Hong and Thai Binh rivers is situated in the
middle. The North West mountainous region with various mountains and
highlands run from north west to south west ( from the border between
Vietnam, China, Laos to Thanh-Nghe Tinh mountainous region) with
Phansipan, (Hoang Lien Son range), the highest peak in Indochina with
3,143 km.
The Northern region and the north east region are covered with arrow-shaped limestone mountains, of which the Dong Trieu arrow being submerged into the sea, forms the mountain cliffs of Ha Long Bay, also called Bai Tu Long. The Centre of Viet Nam is a narrow region, covered with a mixture of mountains, hills, rivers and coastal plains. The Truong Son range runs along the west coast, with a soil formed of granite and basalt lying till Highlands. The Southern region is less complicated, with some low hills and mountains near Tay Nguyen (Highlands) and the western region of Kien Giang province. The rest is the Dong Nai river Delta and the Mekong River Delta, the latter is the largest delta in the whole country. Viet Nam’s coastline stretches 3,200 Km long, from Mong Cai in the north to Ha Tien in the South with many beautiful beaches. |
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