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Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and
South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia
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16 10 N, 107 50 E
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total: 331,210
sq km
country comparison to
the world: 65
land: 310,070
sq km
water: 21,140
sq km
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slightly larger than New Mexico
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total: 4,639
km
border countries: Cambodia
1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km
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3,444 km (excludes islands)
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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
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Weather
tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to
September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
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low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly,
mountainous in far north and northwest
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lowest point: South
China Sea 0 m
highest point: Fan
Si Pan 3,144 m
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phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas
deposits, timber, hydropower
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arable land: 20.14%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 72.93%
(2005)
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30,000 sq km (2003)
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891.2 cu km (1999)
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total: 71.39
cu km/yr (8%/24%/68%)
per capita: 847
cu m/yr (2000)
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occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially
in the Mekong River delta
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logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices contribute to
deforestation and soil degradation; water pollution and overfishing
threaten marine life populations; groundwater contamination limits
potable water supply; growing urban industrialization and population
migration are rapidly degrading environment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
City
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party to: Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none
of the selected agreements
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extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at
its narrowest point
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