maps of vietnam

Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia and is the eastern most country of the great Indo-China peninsula. Vietnam maps an area of around 331,690 square kilometer. The capital of the country is Hanoi and the largest city in the country is Ho Chi Minh City.

The official language of the country is Vietnamese. It got its independence from France in 1945. The government here practices socialism and is a single party communist state.

Vietnam was a war torn country for a long time. It is because of this factor that the Vietnamese economy is still developing and is a new member of the world trade organization. It has suffered a lot of embargo from the United States and other European countries. It has an economy of collectivization and private businesses are looked upon suspiciously.

Now high tech industry and manufacturing are the major industries. The maps of Vietnam show to its being a very bio diverse country in terms of flora and fauna. For those with the travel maps of Vietnam there is the Hue city with beautiful beaches or the two biggest cities of Vietnam. The religion in Vietnam which is most practiced is purely Buddhist.