GEOGRAPHY
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a sovereign and reunified independent country, has a high percentage of territorial waters. Looking at the map, Vietnam is located in the center of the Southeast Asia, and is shaped like the letter "S". The country lies in the eastern part of the Indochina peninsula, bordered by China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, and the East Sea and Pacific Ocean to the southeast. Vietnam's inland border measures 3,730 km. Vietnam has about 1,000,000 sq km sea area with an coast line of 3,260 km long. Tourists can apply Vietnam visa online easily to travel to Vietnam.
Bien Dong, English: East Sea, is the officially vietnamese name for the part of the southchinese sea, which lies east of Viet Nam. In this sea part are two vietnamese island groups Hoang Sa and Truong Sa. Some islands of those were occupied 1974 by China.
The country's total length is 1,650 km from the northernmost point to the southernmost point (from 8o10' to 23o24' Nothern Parallel). Its width (from 102o09' to 109o30' Eastern Meridian), stretching from the eastern point to the western point is 600 km at the widest point in the north, 400km in the south, and 50 km at the narrowest part in the Quang Binh province on the central coast. Due to his geographical position, Vietnam is also a transport junction from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
TOPOLOGY
The country is naturally divided into three regions with different geographical and climatic conditions - the north (Bac Bo) the central (Trung Bo) and the south (Nam Bo). 3/4 of the land is covered by mountains and tropical forests. The mountain system extends from the north-west border to the east of southern Vietnam and covers a 1,400 sq km area. The highest mountain peak is Fan Ci Pan with 3,143 m height.
There is a wide flatland in the West of Vietnam. It lies on the 1,000 m height and is covered by the bazalt which is suitable for cultivation of industry trees such as Coffee, Cacao, Tea and India rubber...
There are many ore mines, such as stone coals, boxyde and iron in the Northern Vietnam and oil in the sea area.
The low Flatlands along the coast belt are fertile and two big river deltas Red River in the north (15,000 sq km) and Mekong River in the south (40,000 sq km) make up the two "Rice Bowls" of Vietnam.
The total length of all rivers in Vietnam is 41,000 km with an capacity of 300 billions cubic metre. Additionally, there is a canal system with total length of 3,100 km. Two main rivers are the Red River (1,149 km long, 510 km in Vietnam) and the Mekong (4.220 km long, 220 km in Vietnam)
CLIMATE
Viet Nam belongs to tropical monsoon region, chiefly affected by the Asian monsoon regime: north-east monsoon-wind and south east monsoon wind. There fore, there are 2 different climatic regions. The southern provinces are affected by south east monsoon wind, with hot weather all the year round, two distinct seasons: rainy season from May to October, dry season from November to April of next year. The region has also two seasons hot and rainy season from May to October, cold and sunny season from November to April next year. Generally, Viet Nam has two main seasons. However, the northern region has two transfer periods taking place in April and October. It’s possible to say that this region has 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
There’s a little difference about temperature between regions: Ha Noi 24oC, Hue 25oC, HCM City 27oC a liltle fluctuation between months in the southern region: 2-3 % while in the northern region up to 12oC: temperature is rarely under 20oC in the southern region, and sometimes under 5oC in the northern region. Average rainfall in Vietnam is 2300 mm, in Hanoi: 1.763 mm, in Hue: 2.867 mm, in Ho Chi Minh City: 1.910 mm. Average Humidity exceeds 80%, some times 90% on rainy season.
Vietnam has a very old and steeped in tradition culture, which is connected closely with the emergence and development of the vietnamese nation. Certification for it are more than 1000 historical monuments, cultural as well as architectural practicing remainders, which are classified as a historical inheritance. Ha Long bay, holy place My Son, emperor city Hue, old town of Hoi An belong to the cultural inheritance of the world recognized by UNESCO and you can book a tour with Dulichso.com with best price to discover the country.
Historians agree in the point that Vietnam possesses an extensive culture community, which back-stretches itself up to the center of the Millenniums before Christus. This culture community, which is called Dong Son culture, reached its high point in the middle centuries of the Millenniums A.D. Different trends, which were conditioned locally (delta of the Red River, the Ma and Ca River), united to the community of the Dong Son culture. The Dong Son culture was more developed than the others in the region at this time. It possessed still also thing in common with them, which is characterized as the Austro-Mongolian and water rice culture. This was also the time, in which the primitive nation form formed from communities of villages and/or village combinations, together with it and in order to repel itself against the hostile attacks both the intruders and nature.
The Vanlang-Aulac culture developed before approx. 3000 years and reached the first High point of the Vietnamese culture at the end of the Millenniums BC, during whom time, in which the 18 generations of the Hung kings governed themselves. Among main ranked successes the bronze foundry and the stable water rice cultivation.
In the time of the Chinese conquest existed parallel two culture streams, which of the conquerors and those of the conquered one. The Chinese rule tried to intersperse on the one hand their culture and to destroy the Vietnamese culture and assimilate to the Chinese on the other hand . As example was the destruction of the Origin-Vietnamese writing. In some old legends and king speeches the Origin-Vietnamese writing, which resembled the tadpole, was mentioned. It was however completely deleted, although on old finds, e.g. bronze drum, writing-similar designs intimated their existence.
The Dai Viet culture developed in this historical condition and tried to keep the Vietnamese culture identity elements. With the independence of the nation, the Dai Viet culture developed under the influence of the Konfuzianism and Buddhism to a flowering and the Vietnamese life adequate culture. It reached the second High point of the Vietnamese culture in the time of the Ly and Tran dynasties.
With the decay of the the Le-dynasty went the Dai-Viet-culture gradually down, although the Tay Son dynasty and afterwards the Nguyen dynasty had tried to restore it. The European culture won the influence in the life of the Vietnamese. Again, it existed parallel two culture streams in Vietnam, those of the colonialists and those of the anti-colonialists. One speaks of Europeanizing and anti-Europeanizing of the Vietnamese culture.
The contemporary and modern culture began with the independence of the Vietnamesen in 1945 and the defeat of the French colonialists in 1954. At present live 54 ethnical groups in Vietnam, whose still receive tradinionelle culture and itself further developed. They all form the community of the present culture of Vietnam.
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