COUNTRY GUIDE · Asia
Vietnam
Explore the geography, landmarks, and distinctive stories of Vietnam.
Vietnam at a glance
- CAPITAL
- Hanoi
- REGION
- Asia
- POPULATION
- 101,000,000
- AREA
- 331,212 km²
- LANGUAGE
- Vietnamese
- CURRENCY
- Dong (VND)
COUNTRY SUPERLATIVE
Limestone Seascape
Hạ Long Bay is famous for thousands of limestone islands and islets.
DID YOU KNOW?
A surprising detail about Vietnam
Vietnam’s water puppetry tradition performs stories with wooden figures moving across the surface of a pool.
Geography and nearby countries
PinPointr places Vietnam in its Asia region. Its reference dataset lists an area of 331,212 km² and a population of approximately 101,000,000. The country is not listed as landlocked in PinPointr’s geography reference.
Listed land neighbors
Country statistics are fixed PinPointr gameplay references and may differ from current government or international estimates. Country highlights and illustrations are educational material, not official travel advice.