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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Dong
Currency Symbol: VND
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, as well as China, Laos, and Cambodia
Geographic Coordinates: 16 10 N, 107 50 E
Map References: Southeast Asia
Area: total: 331,210 sq km ; land: 310,070 sq km ; water: 21,140 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico
Terrain: low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: South China Sea 0 m ; highest point: Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 4,616 km ; border countries: Cambodia 1,158 km, China 1,297 km, Laos 2,161 km
Coastline: 188 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; contiguous zone: 24 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Geography - Note: extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at its narrowest point