Outline of Vietnam explained

See also: Index of Vietnam-related articles.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Vietnam:

Vietnam  - sovereign country located on the eastern extent of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia.^[1] It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 98 million, Vietnam is the 15th most populous country in the world.

Vietnam was under Chinese control for a thousand years before becoming a nation-state in the 10th century. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Bitter fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a communist victory in 1975.

Emerging from a long and bitter war, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government's centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Vietnam or Viet Nam
• Official English country name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Common endonym: Việt Nam
• Official endonym: Cộng hòa Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
• Adjectival: Vietnam, Vietnamese
• Demonym: Vietnamese
• Etymology: Name of Vietnam
• International rankings of Vietnam
• ISO country codes: VN, VNM, 704
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .vn
• Vietnam Directory

Geography of Vietnam

Geography of Vietnam

• Vietnam is: a country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Asia
      • Southeast Asia
        • Indochina
  • Time zone: UTC+07
  • Extreme points of Vietnam
    • High: Fan Si Pan 31430NaN0
    • Low: South China Sea 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 4,639 km

2,130 km

1,281 km

1,228 km

• Coastline: 3,444 km (excluding islands)
• Population of Vietnam:98.672.896 - 15th most populous country
  • Area of Vietnam: 331,690 km²
• Atlas of Vietnam

Environment of Vietnam

Environment of Vietnam

• Climate of Vietnam
• Environmental issues in Vietnam
• Renewable energy in Vietnam
• Geology of Vietnam
• Protected areas of Vietnam
  • Biosphere reserves in Vietnam
  • National parks of Vietnam
• Wildlife of Vietnam
  • Fauna of Vietnam
    • Birds of Vietnam
    • Mammals of Vietnam

Natural geographic features of Vietnam

• Islands of Vietnam
• Lakes of Vietnam
• Mountains of Vietnam
  • Volcanoes in Vietnam
• Rivers of Vietnam
• List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam

Regions of Vietnam

Regions of Vietnam

Ecoregions of Vietnam

List of ecoregions in Vietnam

• Ecoregions in Vietnam

Administrative divisions of Vietnam

Administrative divisions of Vietnam

• Regions of Vietnam
  • Provinces of Vietnam
    • Districts of Vietnam

Regions of Vietnam

The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces into eight regions. These regions are not always used, and alternative classifications are possible.

• Northwestern (Tây Bắc)
• Northeastern (Đông Bắc)
• Greater Ha NoiRed River Delta (Hà Nội Kinh-Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng)
• North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ)
• South Central Coast (Nam Trung Bộ)
• Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên)
• Southeast (Đông Nam Bộ)
• SouthwesternMekong River Delta (Tây Nam Bo Việt Nam-Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long)

Provinces of Vietnam

Provinces of VietnamVietnam is divided into 58 provinces (known in Vietnamese as tỉnh).

Districts of Vietnam

Districts of VietnamThe provinces of Vietnam are divided into districts (huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and towns (thị xã).

Demography of Vietnam

Demographics of Vietnam

Government and politics of Vietnam

See main article: Government of Vietnam and Politics of Vietnam.

• Form of government: single-party socialist republic
• Capital of Vietnam: Hanoi
• Elections in Vietnam
• Political parties in Vietnam

Branches of the government of Vietnam

Government of Vietnam

Executive branch of the government of Vietnam

• Head of state: President of Vietnam, Tô Lâm
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Vietnam, Phạm Minh Chính
• Cabinet of Vietnam

Legislative branch of the government of Vietnam

• National Assembly of Vietnam (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Vietnam

Judiciary of Vietnam

• Supreme People's Court of Vietnam
  • District Courts of Vietnam
    • Provincial People's Courts of Vietnam
  • Military tribunals of Vietnam
  • Administrative Court of Vietnam
  • Economic Court of Vietnam
  • Labor Court of Vietnam

Foreign relations of Vietnam

Foreign relations of Vietnam

• Diplomatic missions in Vietnam
• Diplomatic missions of Vietnam

International organization membership

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member of:^[1]

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF)
• Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA)
• Colombo Plan (CP)
• East Asia Summit (EAS)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 77 (G77)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Vietnam

Law of Vietnam

• Capital punishment in Vietnam
• Constitution of Vietnam
• Crime in Vietnam
• Human rights in Vietnam
  • LGBT rights in Vietnam
  • Freedom of religion in Vietnam
• Law enforcement in Vietnam
• Prosecution
  • Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam

Military of Vietnam

Military of Vietnam

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Vietnam
• Forces
  • People's Army of Vietnam
  • Navy of Vietnam
  • Air Force of Vietnam
  • Special forces of Vietnam
• Military history of Vietnam
• Military ranks of Vietnam

Local government in Vietnam

Local government in Vietnam

History of Vietnam

History of Vietnam

• Economic history of Vietnam
• Military history of Vietnam

Culture of Vietnam

Culture of Vietnam

• Architecture of Vietnam
• Cuisine of Vietnam
• Vietnamese clothing
• Ethnic minorities in Vietnam
• Languages of Vietnam
• Media in Vietnam
• Museums in Vietnam
• National symbols of Vietnam
  • Coat of arms of Vietnam
  • Flag of Vietnam
  • National anthem of Vietnam
• People of Vietnam
• Prostitution in Vietnam
• Public holidays in Vietnam
• List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam

Art in Vietnam

• Cinema of Vietnam
• Literature of Vietnam
• Music of Vietnam
• Television in Vietnam
• Theatre in Vietnam

Religion in Vietnam

Religion in Vietnam

• Buddhism in Vietnam
• Christianity in Vietnam
• Hinduism in Vietnam
• Islam in Vietnam
• Judaism in Vietnam

Sport in Vietnam

Sport in Vietnam

• Football in Vietnam
• Vietnam at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Vietnam

Economy of Vietnam

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 59th (fifty-ninth)
• Agriculture in Vietnam
• Banking in Vietnam
  • State Bank of Vietnam (central bank)
• Communications in Vietnam
  • Internet in Vietnam
• Companies of Vietnam
• Currency of Vietnam

Dồng

• • ISO 4217

VND

• Economic history of Vietnam
• Energy in Vietnam
• Five-Year Plans of Vietnam
• Health care in Vietnam
• Tourism in Vietnam
• Transport in Vietnam
  • Airports in Vietnam
  • Rail transport in Vietnam
• Water supply and sanitation in Vietnam

Education in Vietnam

Education in Vietnam

Health in Vietnam

Health in Vietnam

See also

Vietnam

• Index of Vietnam-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Vietnam-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Asia
• Outline of geography

External links

Government

• Portal of the Government of Vietnam
• Communist Party of Vietnam
• Ministry of Industry and Trade Website
• National Assembly: the Vietnamese legislative body
• General Statistics Office
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Economy

• Web site providing insights for doing business in Vietnam
• Site Vietnam economy
• Vietnam Economy
• National Securities Center
• Securities

Media

State-run

• Voice of Vietnam: State radio broadcaster
• Vietnam Television: State television broadcaster
• Vietnam News Agency: Official state news agency
• Nhân Dân (The People): Official Communist Party newspaper
• Quân đội Nhân Dân: Newspaper of the People's Army
• Vietnam Net: Largest Vietnamese portal, run by the government-owned Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corporation
• Hà Nội Mới (New Hanoi): run by the Hanoi Communist Party
• Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Saigon): run by the Ho Chi Minh City Communist Party

Non state-runWhile all media in Vietnam must be sponsored by a Communist Party organization and be registered with the government, the following media sources have less government control than others.

• VnExpress: Popular online newspaper
• Tuổi Trẻ (Youth): Daily newspaper with highest circulation, affiliated with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Organization of Ho Chi Minh City
• Thanh Niên (Youth): Major daily newspaper, affiliated with the Vietnam National Youth Federation
• Lao Động (Labour): Major daily newspaper, affiliated with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (the sole labour union in Vietnam)
• Tiền Phong (Vanguard): Major daily newspaper, affiliated with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth organization
• Vietnam Economic Times – for foreign investors.

Overviews

• Culture of Vietnam encyclopedia
• BBC – Country profile: Vietnam
• CIA World Factbook – Vietnam
• Freedom House "Countries at the Crossroads" report - Vietnam: information on government accountability, civil liberties, rule of law, and anticorruption efforts
• VietNam Map or a collection of Vietnamese maps
• Encyclopædia Britannica – Vietnam
  • US State Department – Vietnam includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports
• US Library of Congress – Country Study: Vietnam
• Information about Vietnam: from the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affair
• M&A Market in Vietnam's Transition Economy: Vuong, Q.H et al., 2010. Journal of Economic Policy and Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1–54 (English)
• Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui: News concerning Vietnam (English & French)
• Business Anti-Corruption Portal Vietnam Country Profile
• Vietnam tourism website and Vietnam Travel Official Tourism website of Vietnam

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 2, 2009. Vietnam. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.