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Official country name
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Short name
Vietnam
Local names
Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam (long)
Viet Nam (short)
Viet Nam (short)
Abbreviation
SRV
Nationality
Vietnamese (singular and plural) (noun) Viet Nam (adjective)
Languages spoken
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Capital
Hanoi
Government type
Communist state
Population
86,116,560 ranked 15, (data 2008)
Geography
extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at its narrowest point. The lowest point is South China Sea 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 3,444 km. excludes islands
Land borders
4,639km, Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km.
Administrative divisions
59 provinces (tinh, singular and plural) and 5 municipalities (thanh pho, singular and plural)
provinces: An Giang, Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, Cao Bang, Dac Lak, Dac Nong, Dien Bien, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia Lai, Ha Giang, Ha Nam, Ha Tay, Ha Tinh, Hai Duong, Hau Giang, Hoa Binh, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Kon Tum, Lai Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Long An, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Ninh, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Son La, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Long, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai; municipalities: Can Tho, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh
Independence
2 September 1945 (from France)