Table of Contents Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE 4 Chapter 2 HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT 10 Chapter 3 CULTURE AND PEOPLE 17 Chapter 4 DAILY LIFE 23 Map and Key Facts 29 Glossary 30 Index 31
Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE Beautiful temples sit in tropical forests Rivers flow under misty mountains Water buffalo look for crocodiles and tigers People fill nearby cities This is Vietnam a coastal country and its islands Land Vietnam is in Southeast Asia The north borders China The west borders Cambodia and Laos The east is a long curving coastline The coast touches the Vịnh Bắc 4
Bộ Gulf of Tonkin the Biển Đông South China Sea and Vịnh Thái Lan Gulf of Thailand Off the coast are thousands of small islands Vietnam has many natural resources On land there is coal timber and farmland The ocean holds oil and natural gas VIETNAM'S MAINLAND HAS 2,030 MILES 3,260 KM OF COASTLINE 5
