South-Eastern Asia
Flag of Vietnam
A long coastal nation of rivers and ridges.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #d81818 92%
- #f0f000 5%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Flags people confuse it with
Vietnam in numbers
| Official name | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Capital | Hanoi |
| Region | South-Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Population | 97,338,583 |
| Area | 331,212 km² · 294 people per km² |
| Currency | Vietnamese đồng (VND) |
| Languages | Vietnamese |
| Country codes | VN · VNM · .vn |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- The country is shaped like an elongated S, stretching over 3,000 kilometres along the South China Sea coast yet pinching to roughly 50 kilometres wide at its slimmest point.
- Hanoi sits on the Red River, while the south is fed by the Mekong, whose vast delta of channels and floating markets makes it one of Asia's great rice baskets.
- In Ha Long Bay, thousands of limestone karst islands rise straight out of emerald water, their caves and pillars carved over millions of years.
Did you know
Vietnamese is written in a Latin-based alphabet with stacked accent marks, devised by missionaries centuries ago to replace the Chinese-derived characters once used.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.