Vietnam

Vietnam is a country in with great food and a wealth of natural and cultural attractions. Despite the turmoil of the Vietnam War, Vietnam has emerged from the ashes since the 1990s and is undergoing rapid economic development, driven by its young and industrious population.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Hoi.

, commonly known as Saigon or by the abbreviations HCMC or HCM, is the largest city in Vietnam and the former capital of the Republic of Vietnam.

is the capital city of Quang Tri Province in of Vietnam. on the Nhat Le River and by the South China Sea with its 12 km of white sandy beaches.

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, the capital of Vietnam and its second-largest city, is a fascinating blend of East and West, with Chinese influence from centuries of dominance, and French je ne sais quoi from its colonial past.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Southern Vietnam and Central Coast.

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covers the Mekong Delta, the extreme southern end of the Mekong River, and the area around , Vietnam.

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is the cradle of the Vietnamese civilization and hence, home to more historical and cultural attractions than other regions. Its shoreline and mountains also offer impressive landscapes.

The of Vietnam are a distinct contrast from the tropical south, with an arid climate, rolling hills, and blue skies. The region sees few foreign visitors, and many of them go to revisit old battlefields or see the indigenous tribes.

Vietnam

Latitude of center
16.13° or 16° 7′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
107.644° or 107° 38′ 38″ east
Population
91,500,000
Area
329,560 km² (127,244 miles²)
Elevation
934 metres (3,064 feet)
Capital
Currency
Dong (VND)
Phone code
.vn
Internet domain
84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424298150
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
1562822
Wiki­data ID
Q881
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Vietnam” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Виетнам
  • Achinese: Viètnam
  • Achinese: Wat Tunong
  • Adyghe: Вьетнам
  • Afrikaans: Viëtnam
  • Akan: Viɛtnam
  • Albanian: Vietnam
  • Albanian: Vietnami
  • Amharic: ቬት ናም
  • Amharic: ቬትናም
  • Amis: Vietnam
  • Angika: वियतनाम
  • Arabic: جمهورية فيتنام الاشتراكية
  • Arabic: فيتنام
  • Aragonese: Bietnam
  • Aragonese: Vietnam
  • Armenian: Վիետնամ
  • Arpitan: Viêt Nam
  • Arpitan: Viètnam
  • Assamese: ভিয়েটনাম
  • Asturian: República Socialista de Vietnam
  • Asturian: Việt Nam
  • Asturian: Vietnam
  • Atayal: Vietnam
  • Avaric: Вьетнам
  • Awadhi: भियतनाम
  • Aymara: Vietnam
  • Azerbaijani: VSR
  • Azerbaijani: Vyetnam Sosialist Respublikası
  • Azerbaijani: Vyetnam
  • Balinese: Vietnam
  • Balinese: Viétnam
  • Bambara: Vietnam
  • Bambara: Wiyɛtinamu
  • Banjar: Vietnam
  • Bashkir: Вьетнам
  • Basque: Vietnam
  • Batak Toba: Pietnam
  • Bavarian: Vietnam
  • Belarusian: В’етнам
  • Belarusian: Ветнам
  • Belarusian: Віетнам
  • Bengali: ভিয়েতনাম
  • Betawi: Piètnam
  • Bhojpuri: वियतनाम
  • Bishnupriya: ভিয়েতনাম
  • Bislama: Vietnam
  • Bosnian: Vijetnam
  • Brahui: Vetnám
  • Breton: Republik Sokialour Viet Nam
  • Breton: Republik Sokialour Viêt Nam
  • Breton: Viet Nam
  • Breton: Viêt Nam
  • Buginese: Béqneng
  • Buginese: Biyéq Neng
  • Buginese: Péqneng
  • Buginese: Piyéq Neng
  • Buginese: Vietnam
  • Buginese: ᨄᨗᨐᨙ ᨊᨛ
  • Buginese: ᨄᨙᨊᨛ
  • Buginese: ᨅᨗᨐᨙ ᨊᨛ
  • Buginese: ᨅᨙᨊᨛ
  • Bulgarian: Виетнам
  • Bulgarian: Социалистическа република Виетнам
  • Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ်
  • Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ်နိုင်ငံ
  • Catalan: República Socialista del Vietnam
  • Catalan: Vietnam
  • Cebuano: Biyetnam
  • Cebuano: Vietnam
  • Central Bikol: Bietnam
  • Central Kanuri: Vietnam
  • Central Kurdish: ڤیێتنام
  • Central Kurdish: ڤێتنام
  • Central Okinawan: ベトナム
  • Chamorro: Vietnam
  • Chavacano: Vietnam
  • Chechen: Вьетнам
  • Cherokee: ᏫᎡᏘᎾᎻ
  • Cherokee: ᏫᎡᏘᎾᎻᏱ
  • Cheyenne: Vietnam
  • Chinese: Oa̍t-lâm
  • Chinese: Yuènán
  • Chinese: 越南
  • Chinese: 越南社会主义共和国
  • Chinese: 越南社會主義共和國
  • Church Slavic: Виѥтнамъ
  • Chuvash: Вьетнам
  • Cornish: Vietnam
  • Corsican: Vietnam
  • Crimean Tatar: Vyetnam
  • Croatian: Vijetnam
  • Czech: Vietnam
  • Czech: Vietnamská socialistická republika
  • Czech: VSR
  • Dagbani: Vietnam
  • Danish: Vietnam
  • Dhivehi: ވިއެޓުނާމު
  • Dimli (individual language): Vietnam
  • Dotyali: भियतनाम
  • Dutch: Socialistische Republiek Vietnam
  • Dutch: Vietnam
  • Dutch: VN
  • Dutch: VNM
  • Dzongkha: བེཊ་ནཱམ
  • Dzongkha: ཝི་ཡཏ་ནམ་
  • Dzongkha: ཝི་ཡཏ་ནམ
  • Eastern Mari: Вьетнам
  • Egyptian Arabic: فييتنام
  • Erzya: Вьетнам Мастор
  • Esperanto: Vjetnamio
  • Esperanto: Vjetnamo
  • Esperanto: Vjetnamujo
  • Estonian: Vietnam
  • Estonian: Vietnami Sotsialistlik Vabariik
  • Ewe: Vietnam nutome
  • Ewe: Vietnam
  • Extremaduran: Vietnam
  • Faroese: Vjetnam
  • Fiji Hindi: Vietnam
  • Fijian: Vietnam
  • Finnish: Vietnam
  • Finnish: Vietnamin sosialistinen tasavalta
  • French: la République socialiste du Vietnam
  • French: Viet Nam
  • French: Viêt Nam
  • French: Việt Nam
  • French: Viet-Nam
  • French: Viêt-Nam
  • French: Vietnam
  • French: Viêtnam
  • French: VN
  • Friulian: Vietnam
  • Fulah: Vietnam
  • Fulah: Wiyetnaam
  • Fulah: Wiyetnam
  • Gagauz: Vyetnam
  • Galician: República Socialista de Vietnam
  • Galician: Vietnam
  • Gan Chinese: 越南
  • Ganda: Vyetinaamu
  • Georgian: ვიეტნამი
  • German: Sozialistische Republik Vietnam
  • German: Vietnam
  • German: VN
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Vietnam
  • Gilaki: ویتنام
  • Goan Konkani: Vietnam
  • Goan Konkani: व्हिएतनाम
  • Gorontalo: Vietnam
  • Greek: Βιετνάμ
  • Greek: Σοσιαλιστική Δημοκρατία του Βιετνάμ
  • Guarani: Vienã
  • Guarani: Vietnam
  • Guianese Creole French: Viêt Nam
  • Gujarati: વિએટનામ
  • Gujarati: વિયેતનામ
  • Haitian: Vyetnam
  • Hakka Chinese: Ye̍t-nàm
  • Hausa: Biyetinam
  • Hausa: Vietnam
  • Hawaiian: Wiekanama
  • Hebrew: ויאטנם
  • Hebrew: וייטנאם
  • Hiligaynon: Biyetnam
  • Hindi: वियतनाम
  • Hungarian: Vietnam
  • Hungarian: Vietnám
  • Hungarian: Vietnámi Szocialista Köztársaság
  • Iban: Vietnam
  • Icelandic: Víetnam
  • Ido: Vietnam
  • Igbo: Vietnam
  • Iloko: Bietnam
  • Inari Sami: Vietnam sosialistlâš täsiväldi
  • Inari Sami: Vietnam
  • Indonesian: Republik Sosialis Vietnam
  • Indonesian: Vietnam
  • Ingush: Вьетнам
  • Interlingua: Vietnam
  • Interlingue: Vietnam
  • Inuktitut: ᕕᐊᑦ ᓈᒻ
  • Inupiaq: Piatnak
  • Inupiaq: Vietnam
  • Irish: Poblacht Sóisialach Vítneam
  • Irish: Vítneam
  • Italian: Vietnam
  • Italian: VN
  • Jamaican Creole English: Vietnam
  • Japanese: ヴェトナム
  • Japanese: ベトナム
  • Japanese: ベトナム社会主義共和国
  • Japanese:
  • Japanese: 越南
  • Japanese: 越南社会主義共和国
  • Javanese: Viètnam
  • Kabardian: Виетнам
  • Kabiyè: Fɩyɛtɩnaam
  • Kabyle: Vietnam
  • Kadazan Dusun: Vietnam
  • Kalaallisut: Vietnam
  • Kalmyk: Вьетдин Орн
  • Kannada: ವಿಯೆಟ್ನಾಮ್
  • Kannada: ವಿಯೇಟ್ನಾಮ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Vietnam
  • Kara-Kalpak: Vyetnam
  • Karachay-Balkar: Вьетнам
  • Kashmiri: ویتنام
  • Kashmiri: ویٹِنام
  • Kashubian: Wietnam
  • Kazakh: Вьетнам
  • Khmer: វៀតណាម
  • Kikuyu: Vietinamu
  • Kikuyu: Vietnam
  • Kinaray-A: Viyëtnam
  • Kinyarwanda: Viyetinamu
  • Kirghiz: Bьeтнам
  • Kirghiz: Вьетнам
  • Kölsch: Vietnam
  • Komering: Vietnam
  • Komi: Вьетнам
  • Kongo: Repubilika ya Bantu ya Vyetunami
  • Kongo: Vietnam
  • Korean: 베트남 사회주의 공화국
  • Korean: 베트남
  • Korean: 월남 사회주의 공화국
  • Korean: 월남
  • Korean: 윁남
  • Kurdish: Viyetnam
  • Kurdish: ڤیەتنام
  • Ladin: Vietnam
  • Ladino: Vietnam
  • Lao: ປະເທດຫວຽດນາມ
  • Lao: ຫວຽດນາມ
  • Latgalian: Vjetnams
  • Latin: Vietnamia
  • Latvian: Vjetnama
  • Lezghian: Вьетнам
  • Ligurian: Vietnam
  • Limburgan: Vietnam
  • Limburgan: Viëtnam
  • Lingala: Vietnami
  • Lingala: Viyetinamɛ
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Vietnam
  • Literary Chinese: 安南
  • Literary Chinese:
  • Literary Chinese: 越南
  • Literary Chinese: 越南社會主義共和國
  • Lithuanian: Vietnamas
  • Livvi: Vietnamu
  • Lojban: vietnam
  • Lombard: Vietnam
  • Low German: Vietnam
  • Lower Sorbian: Vietnam
  • Luba-Katanga: Viyetiname
  • Luxembourgish: Sozialistesch Republik Vietnam
  • Luxembourgish: Vietnam
  • Macedo-Romanian: Vietnam
  • Macedonian: Виетнам
  • Madurese: Vietnam
  • Madurese: Viètnam
  • Magahi: वियत नाम
  • Magahi: वियतनाम
  • Maithili: भियतनाम
  • Malagasy: Vietnam
  • Malagasy: Vietnamy
  • Malay: Republik Sosialis Vietnam
  • Malay: Vietnam
  • Malay: ۏيئيتنم
  • Malayalam: വിയറ്റ്നാം
  • Maltese: il-Vjetnam
  • Maltese: Repubblika Soċjalista tal-Vjetnam
  • Maltese: Vjetnam
  • Manchu: ᠶᡠᠸᡝᡳ ᠨᠠᠨ
  • Manipuri: ꯚꯤꯌꯦꯠꯅꯥꯝ
  • Manipuri: ꯚꯦꯠꯅꯥꯝ
  • Manx: Yn Vietnam
  • Maori: Whitināma
  • Maori: Whitināmu
  • Maori: Witināma
  • Marathi: व्हिएतनाम
  • Marathi: व्हियेतनाम
  • Mazanderani: ویتنام
  • Min Dong Chinese: Uŏk-nàng
  • Min Dong Chinese: Yue Nam
  • Min Nan Chinese: Oa̍t-lâm-lâng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Oa̍t-lâm
  • Min Nan Chinese: O̍at-lâm
  • Minangkabau: Vietnam
  • Mingrelian: ვიეტ ნამი
  • Mingrelian: ვიეტნამი
  • Mingrelian: ვიეტნამიშ სოციალისტურ რესპუბლიკა
  • Mirandese: Bietname
  • Moksha: Виетнам
  • Mongolian: Вьетнам
  • Moroccan Arabic: ڤييطنام
  • Mossi: Vietnam
  • N'Ko: ߝ߭ߋߕߌߣߊߡ
  • Narom: Vietnam
  • Narom: Vyitename
  • Nauru: Bitinam
  • Navajo: Tábąąh Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah
  • Neapolitan: Vietnam
  • Nepali: भिएतनाम
  • Nepali: भियतनाम
  • Newari: भियतनाम
  • Nias: Vietnam
  • North Ndebele: Vietnam
  • Northern Frisian: Wjetnam
  • Northern Luri: ویتنام
  • Northern Sami: Vietnam sosialisttalaš dásseváldi
  • Northern Sami: Vietnam
  • Northern Sami: Vietnama sosialisttalaš dásseváldi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den sosialistiske republikk Vietnam
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vietnam
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vietnam
  • Norwegian: Vietnam
  • Novial: Vietnam
  • Nyanja: Vietnam
  • Occitan (post 1500): Vietnam
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Fietnam
  • Oriya: ଭିଏତନାମ
  • Oriya: ଭିଏତନାମ୍
  • Oromo: Veetinaam
  • Ossetian: Вьетнам
  • Pa'o Karen: ဗီယက်နမ်ခမ်းထီ
  • Pali: वियेतनाम
  • Pampanga: Bietnam
  • Pampanga: Viatnam
  • Pampanga: Vietnam
  • Pangasinan: Vietnam
  • Panjabi: ਵੀਅਤਨਾਮ
  • Papiamento: Vietnam
  • Pedi: Vietnam
  • Pennsylvania German: Vietnam
  • Persian: ویتنام
  • Pfaelzisch: Vietnam
  • Picard: Vietnam
  • Piemontese: Vietnam
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Wiyetnaam
  • Polish: Socjalistyczna Republika Wietnamu
  • Polish: Wietnam
  • Pontic: Βιετνάμ
  • Portuguese: República Socialista do Vietnã
  • Portuguese: Republica Socialista do Vietname
  • Portuguese: República Socialista do Vietname
  • Portuguese: VIE
  • Portuguese: Việt Nam
  • Portuguese: Vietnã
  • Portuguese: Vietname
  • Portuguese: VN
  • Portuguese: VNM
  • Pushto: ويتنام
  • Pushto: وېتنام
  • Quechua: Vietnam
  • Quechua: Witnam
  • Romanian: Republica Socialistă Vietnam
  • Romanian: VIE
  • Romanian: Viet Nam
  • Romanian: Viet-Nam
  • Romanian: Viêt-Nam
  • Romanian: Vietnam
  • Romanian: Viêtnam
  • Romanian: VN
  • Romansh: Vietnam
  • Rundi: Vietnam
  • Rundi: Viyetinamu
  • Russia Buriat: Вьетнам
  • Russian: Вьетнам
  • Russian: Социалистическая Республика Вьетнам
  • Rusyn: Вєтнам
  • Sakizaya: Vietnam
  • Samoan: Viatename
  • Samoan: Vietnam
  • Samogitian: Vietnams
  • Sango: Vietnäm
  • Sanskrit: चम्पादेश
  • Sanskrit: चम्पादेशः
  • Sanskrit: वियतनाम
  • Santali: ᱵᱷᱤᱭᱮᱛᱱᱟᱢ
  • Sardinian: Repùbrica Sotzialìsta de su Vietnam
  • Sardinian: Repùbrica Sotzialìsta de su Vietnàm
  • Sardinian: Vietnam
  • Sardinian: Vietnàm
  • Saterfriesisch: Vietnam
  • Scots: Socialist Republic o Viet Nam
  • Scots: Socialist Republic o Vietnam
  • Scots: Viet Nam
  • Scots: Vietnam
  • Scottish Gaelic: Bhiet-Nam
  • Serbian: Vijetnam
  • Serbian: Вијетнам
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vijetnam
  • Shan: မိူင်းဝႅတ်ႉၼမ်း
  • Shona: Vietnam
  • Sicilian: Ripùbblica Sucialista dû Vietnam
  • Sicilian: Ripùbbrica Sucialista dû Vietnam
  • Sicilian: Vietnam
  • Silesian: Wjetnam
  • Sindhi: ويتنام
  • Sindhi: ويٽنام
  • Sinhala: වියට්නාමය
  • Skolt Sami: Vietnaam sosialiistlaž tääʹssväʹldd
  • Skolt Sami: Vietnaam
  • Slovak: Vietnam
  • Slovak: Vietnamská socialistická republika
  • Slovenian: Socialistična republika Vietnam
  • Slovenian: VIE
  • Slovenian: Viet Nam
  • Slovenian: Việt Nam
  • Slovenian: Vietnam
  • Slovenian: VN
  • Somali: Fiyetnaam
  • Somali: Fiyetnam
  • South Azerbaijani: ویئتنام
  • South Azerbaijani: ویتنام
  • Southern Sotho: Vietnam
  • Spanish: Republica Socialista de Vietnam
  • Spanish: República Socialista de Vietnam
  • Spanish: Viet Nam
  • Spanish: Vietnam
  • Sranan Tongo: Vi-etnam
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴼⵢⵉⵜⵏⴰⵎ
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⵥⵕⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵏ ⴼⵢⵉⵜⵏⴰⵎ
  • Sundanese: Viétnam
  • Swahili: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Swahili: SRV
  • Swahili: Việt Nam
  • Swahili: Vietnam
  • Swahili: Vietnamu
  • Swahili: VN
  • Swahili: VNM
  • Swati: IViyethina
  • Swedish: Socialistiska republiken Vietnam
  • Swedish: Vietnam
  • Swiss German: Vietnam
  • Sylheti: ꠜꠘ
  • Sylheti: ꠜꠤꠄꠔꠘꠣꠝ
  • Tachelhit: Fyitnam
  • Tagalog: Vietnam
  • Tahitian: Vietu Namu
  • Tajik: Ветнам
  • Tajik: Вйетнам
  • Talysh: Vjetnam
  • Tamil: வியட்நாம்
  • Taroko: Vietnam
  • Tatar: Вьетнам
  • Telugu: వియట్నాం
  • Telugu: వియత్నాం
  • Tetum: Vietname
  • Thai: VIE
  • Thai: ญวน
  • Thai: ประเทศเวียดนาม
  • Thai: เวียด
  • Thai: เวียดนาม
  • Thai: สาธารณรัฐสังคมนิยมเวียดนาม
  • Thai: เหวียดนาม
  • Thai: เหวียตนาม
  • Tibetan: བི་དི་ནམ།
  • Tibetan: ཝི་ཏི་ནམ།
  • Tigrinya: ቬትናም
  • Tok Pisin: Vietnam
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Vietinami
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Vietināmi
  • Tosk Albanian: Vietnam
  • Tsonga: Vietnam
  • Tswana: Vietnam
  • Tulu: ವಿಯೆಟ್ನಾಮ್
  • Tumbuka: Vietnam
  • Tunisian Arabic: ڥياتنام
  • Turkish: Vietnam Sosyalist Cumhuriyeti
  • Turkish: Vietnam
  • Turkmen: Wýetnam
  • Twi: Vietnam
  • Tyap: Viyetnam
  • Udmurt: Вьетнам
  • Uighur: ۋىيېتنام
  • Uighur: ۋيېتنام
  • Ukrainian: В’єтнам
  • Ukrainian: Вʼєтнам
  • Ukrainian: Вєтнам
  • Ukrainian: Соціалістична Республіка В’єтнам
  • Upper Sorbian: Vietnam
  • Urdu: ویت نام
  • Urdu: ویتنام
  • Uzbek: Vyetnam
  • Venda: Viëtnam
  • Venetian: Vietnam
  • Veps: Vjetnam
  • Veps: Vjetnaman Socialistine Tazovaldkund
  • Vietnamese: CHXHCN Việt Nam
  • Vietnamese: CHXHCNVN
  • Vietnamese: Công Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
  • Vietnamese: Việt Nam
  • Vietnamese: VN
  • Vlaams: Socialistische Republiek Vietnam
  • Vlaams: Vietnam
  • Vlax Romani: Vietnam
  • Volapük: Vietnamän
  • Võro: Vietnam
  • Walloon: Vietnam
  • Waray (Philippines): Vietnam
  • Welsh: Fiet Nam
  • Welsh: Fietnam
  • Western Armenian: Վիեթնամ
  • Western Frisian: Fjetnam
  • Western Frisian: Sosjalistyske Republyk Fjetnam
  • Western Frisian: Vietnam
  • Western Panjabi: ویتنام
  • Wolof: Wiyetnaam
  • Wolof: Wiyetnam
  • Wu Chinese:
  • Wu Chinese: 越南
  • Wu Chinese: 越南社会主义共和国
  • Xhosa: Vietnam
  • Yakut: Вьетнам
  • Yiddish: וויעטנאם
  • Yiddish: וויעטנאַם
  • Yoruba: Fẹtinami
  • Yoruba: Fiẹtnám
  • Yue Chinese:
  • Yue Chinese: 越南
  • Yue Chinese: 越南社會主義共和國
  • Zeeuws: Vietnam
  • Zhuang: Yiednamz
  • Zulu: i-Vietnam
  • Zulu: IViyetnami
  • Bietnan
  • Bietnan Axkayotl
  • Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
  • ma Wije
  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Việt Nam
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnams
  • वियतनाम

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