I come from Vietnam
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Located in Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a small and beautiful country with victorious history, profound patriotism and wonderful landscapes. Exploring the beauty of the country with its people and culture should be done once in one’s lifetime.
Location: Southeast Asia
Population: about 90 million
Language: Vietnamese
Religion: Confucianism; Taoism; Buddhism, Roman Catholicism; Cao Daism
Vietnam geography
Vietnam geography has for a long time owned precious benefits nowhere else could be found. Vietnam, officially called The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is situated on the eastern part of Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Whole Vietnam's territory runs along the eastern coast of the peninsula, in which the mainland extends from the longitude 102°8'E to 109°27'E and between the latitude 8°27'N and 23°23'N. In addition, Vietnam also considers Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands as its territory. The S-shaped country has a north-to-south distance of 1,650 kilometers and is about 50 kilometers wide at the narrowest point. The country also has a land border with China (1,281 km), Laos (2,130 km), Cambodia (1,228 km) and a long coastline, adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. Located in the area of tropical monsoon climate with high humidity of over 80% all the year round, with the diversification in topography, three main regions of Vietnam stretch in different climate zones. The climate in Vietnam varies from North to South, from mountains to plains and coastal. The divisions of Vietnam weather may cause certain effects on travel decisions of tourists.
Vietnamese people
Vietnam is one of the most populous countries in the world with the population of over 83 million of which 25% in cities and 75% in rural areas. Population growth rate in Vietnam is 1.18% annually. The most populous cities in Vietnam are Ho Chi Minh City (5 million), and Hanoi (3.5 million). In the territory of Vietnam, there are 54 ethnic groups living together in harmony, in which Kinh people account for 86% of whole population. The rest number of the population fluctuates around 1 million, including ethnic minority people of Tay, Nung, Thai, Muong, Khmer, etc. Kinh people reside across the country, especially in plains and river deltas. They are owners of rice civilization. Meanwhile, the majority of ethnic groups live in midland and mountainous regions, stretching from north to south. Most of them live alternately; in which the typicality is ethnic minority communities in the North and North Central. However, they are all friendly and love peace. Vietnamese people are friendly and enthusiastic. They welcome visitors to their country with open arms and friendly smiles.
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam. About 85% of the population speaks Vietnamese as their mother tongue, while the minority ethnic people speak this language as their second language. As being spoken by a large number of native speakers, surpassing some other languages like Turkish and Italian, Vietnamese is regarded as one of the most important languages in the world. According to the world’s statistics, there are at least about 80 million people speaking Vietnamese all over the world, of course, in Vietnam, the figure is overwhelmed in Vietnam itself. Although some Vietnamese words are borrowed from Chinese words, Vietnamese language has its own features with Latin alphabet, or Vietnamese alphabet. Vietnamese education is in the progress of integration. There are four education levels in Vietnam: primary, secondary, high school, and university.
Vietnam economy
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Vietnam is a developing country. Emerging from an under-developed country, Vietnam is recovering and developing after the damage of wars. After 1986, with Economic Reform, the economy of Vietnam has gained a huge accomplishment with the average growth rate of 9%. As being a market economy, highly dependent on crude exports and foreign direct investment (FDI), Vietnam is the 6th largest economy in Southeast Asia and the 57th one in the world, in terms of nominal gross domestic product in 2011. Vietnam owns a mixed economy, but the state intervention in the economy is still at a high level. Currently, the State of Vietnam has been applying measures of administrative price control by requiring economic groups and corporations to adjust levels of investment, gasoline price, and prices of steel, cement, and coal. There are seven economic regions in Vietnam, including Northwest, Northeast, Red River Delta, North Central Coast, South Central Coast and Highlands, Southeast, and Mekong Delta.