ism Liz N E T A BLE OF CON TE N T3 DIs COCEPHALUS cdo LE CHAPTER ONE Welcome to Vietnam 4 CHAPTER TWO Business and Government in Vietnam 12 CHAPTER THREE Meet the People 20 CHAPTER FOUR Celebrations 27 CHAPTER FIVE What s for Dinner 35 CCExce ccccccccccccccccccccccs ecc Y Glossary 46 HK For More Information 47 BI Index 48 HS About the Author 48
is essegaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessed CHAPTER SM ONE TIFS SEEE WELCOME TO VIETNAMH 0 Water buffalo are important to Vietnamese farmers If you look at a globe it is easy to spot Asia It is the largest continent in terms of land It is also the continent with the most people The combined population of Asia's many countries is in the billions Let's stop in one of these countries Vietnam to explore life on the other side of the
VIETNAM be we can EUROPE ASIA Pact Ocean CHINA AFRICA VIETNAM Indian he Vietnam is on the southeastern edge of the continent of Asia Vietnam is long and skinny It is tucked along the southeastern edge of Asia next to the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea Laos and Cambodia border it to the west and China borders it to the north Vietnam's total area is about 128 000 square miles 332 000 square kilo meters making it a little larger than the state of New Mexico Almost 90 million people live in
