- Official name
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam · Vietnamese
- Capital
- Hanoi
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 96 million
- Area
- 331,212 km²
- Currency
- Vietnamese đồng (VND)
- Neighbours
- Cambodia, China, Laos
- Internet / phone
- .vn · +84
Where it is
Notable facts
- Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee exporter after Brazil and the largest producer of robusta.
- Hang Sơn Đoòng in Quảng Bình is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume.
- The Vietnamese alphabet uses Latin letters with a dense system of diacritics for tones and vowels.
- Hạ Long Bay contains around 1,600 limestone islands and islets.
World Heritage 9 sites
National dish
Phở Rice noodles in a beef or chicken broth simmered with charred ginger, onion and star anise, with herbs added at the table.