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Lying on the eastern part of the
Indochinese peninsula, Vietnam is a strip of land shaped
like the letter "S". China borders it to the north, Laos
and Cambodia to the west, the East Sea to the east and
the Pacific Ocean to the east and south.
The country's total length from north to south is
1,650km. Its width, stretching from east to west, is
600km at the widest point in the north, 400km in the
south, and 50km at the narrowest part, in the centre, in Quang Binh Province.
The coastline is 3,260km long and
the inland border is 4,510km.
Latitude:
102o 08' - 109o 28'
east
Longitude:
8o 02' - 23o 23'
north
Vietnam is also a transport junction from the Indian
Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Climate:
Vietnam lies in the
tropics and monsoon (detail)
Topography:
Three quarters of Vietnam's territory consist of
mountains and hills (detail)
Administrative
Units:
Vietnam is divided into 63 provinces and cities
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