Country Profiles: Vietnam

Country Profiles: Vietnam — page 3
LOCATION Vietnam is a narrow S-shaped country It covers 127,881 miles 331,210 square kilometers of southeastern Asia Hanoi its capital sits in the north Cambodia and Laos curve along Vietnam’s western border To the north rests China In the northeast the Gulf of Tonkin washes onto Vietnam’s shores The waters of the South China Sea are to the southeast The Gulf of Thailand forms the country’s southwestern border Thousands of islands many in Ha Long Bay to the northeast dot Vietnam’s coast 6