Vietnam

Officially  Socialist Republic of Vietnam,  Vietnamese  Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam,   country occupying the eastern part of the Indochinese Peninsula. It has an area of 127,800 square miles (331,000 square kilometres). From north to south it extends about 1,025 miles (1,650 kilometres) and at its narrowest part is about 30 miles wide. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, the South China Sea to the east and south, the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and Cambodia and Laos to the