{"id":362356,"date":"2026-05-07T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362356"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:38:30","slug":"key-facts-about-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The President of India received the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at Rashtrapati Bhavan.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts About Vietnam<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.worldatlas.com\/r\/w1200\/upload\/8c\/f0\/a1\/vn-02.jpg?resize=333%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Vietnam \" width=\"333\" height=\"363\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: World Atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong> Vietnam is located on the<strong> eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia <\/strong>along the eastern coast of the<strong> Indo-Chinese Peninsula<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boundaries:<\/strong> It has land borders with <strong>three<\/strong> countries &#8211; <strong>China <\/strong>to the north,<strong> and Cambodia and Laos <\/strong>to the west.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Gulf of Tonkin<\/strong>, with the<strong> Island of Hainan Dao (China)<\/strong> lies to the <strong>northeast of Vietnam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To the <strong>south and east,<\/strong> the country is bordered by the <strong>South China Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> Gulf of Thailand lies to the southwest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital:<\/strong> Its capital is <strong>Hanoi.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Area:<\/strong> It covers an area of <strong>around 331,211.6 sq. km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Coastline:<\/strong> The coastline of mainland Vietnam is <strong>about 3,260 km long.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong> It is a<strong> country of tropical lowlands, rolling green hills, and densely forested mountains.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers:<\/strong> \u00a0Two extensive alluvial deltas are formed by the<strong>Red (Hong) River\u00a0in the north <\/strong>and the<strong>Mekong (Cuu Long) River\u00a0in the south.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> Red River Delta is surrounded by hills<\/strong> that slowly rise into the <strong>high mountains in the northwest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>narrow and fertile coastal plain<\/strong> stretches from the <strong>Red River Delta to the Mekong Delta.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Annam Highlands cover most of central Vietnam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the<strong> south, the coastal plains connect with the Mekong River Delta.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest Point:<\/strong> Its highest point is <strong>Phan Xi Pang<\/strong>, which is <strong>3,144 m<\/strong> high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The President of India received the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Key Facts About Vietnam Location: Vietnam is located on the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia along the eastern coast of the Indo-Chinese Peninsula. 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