Viêt Nam
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| National currency : ??c l?p, T? C, h?nh phúc (Independence, freedom, happiness) | |||||
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| Official language | Vietnamese | ||||
| Hanoï 21°2 ' N, 105°51 ' E | |||||
| Larger city | Ho Chi Minh City | ||||
| President | Tr?n??c L??ng | ||||
| Surface - Total - Water (%) | Classified 66E 329 560 km² 1.3% | ||||
| Population - Total (2005) - Density | Classified 14E 83 535 576 hab. 251 hab/km² hab./km² | ||||
| Independence - Declared - Recognized | 2 September | ||||
| Gentilé | Vietnameses | ||||
| Currency | Dong (VND)
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| Time zone | UTC +7 | ||||
| National anthem | Tien quan Ca (the troops advance) | ||||
| Field Internet | .vn | ||||
| Code telephone | +84
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Viêt Nam or Vietnam or Vietnam (in Vietnamese C?ng Hoà Xã H?i CH? Ngh?a Vi?t Nam, that is to say "socialist Republic of Vietnam") is one ofSoutheast Asia. The countries bordering on Viêt Nam are it , it and . The country occupies a surface of 330 000 km².
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History
Detailed article: History of Viêt Nam
Viêt Nam was born from an old émancipée Chinese military commandery with the end from IIE century. The area is then shared between Chinese influences in North (Nam Viêt) and the Indian world in the South (Champâ). Thereafter, the area is marked by an alternation of Chinese invasions and independence movements on the one hand, and by the alternation of the periods of unification and division.
With XIXE century, the country passes under French domination: it is occupied in and becomes a French colony withinFrench Indo-China until in . At the end of , it Viêt-minh proclaim independence. It is then war of Indo-China against the French, which is completed by a victory of the freedom fighters and the partition of the country along the 17E parallel, between Communists and not-Communists. The fight enters the two States led to war of Viêtnam, which sees a victory of the Communists and the creation of the socialist Republic of Viêt Nam.
See also: Chronology of Viêt Nam, Kingdom of Champâ, War of Indo-China, War of Viêt Nam
Policy
Detailed article: Policy of Viêt Nam
Viêt Nam is one republic Socialist. The voting rights are granted to all the citizens of more than 18 years. chair is the Head of the State, while the Prime Minister is the chief of the government. The president is named by the Parliament. Tran Duke Luong is the president of Viêt Nam since . The legal system is founded on the French right and the communist theories. The legislative power is exerted by only one room made up of 450 renewed seats every 5 years.
Viêt Nam is member ofASEAN (Association of the Nations of Southeast Asia)
Languages
Detailed article: Languages of Viêt Nam
The official language, it Vietnamese, is written by means of Latin characters. This romanisation names itself qu?c ng? ; it rises from the work started since XVIE century by the missionaires to transcribe the indigenous language. Jesuit Alexandre of Rhodos the first Dictionary of annamite established, by transcribing the language on the basis of Portuguese.
Vietnamese is one of the rare languages ofThe Far East with to have passed from a system close to sinogrammes withLatin alphabet. The use of this transcription Latin is in force in teaching with the indigenous populations (set up by the colonizers) from and becomes the official method of writing of Viêt-Nam only starting from independence.
In addition, Viêt-Nam knows a great linguistic diversity, since it counts 55 languages, divided into 6 to 7 groups ethnolinguistic (there is a quarrel of "cutting" which introduces this uncertainty between the group austroasiatic and groups it australasiatic).
Provinces
Detailed article: Administration of Viêt Nam
Viêt Nam is divided into 63 provinces and 3 municipalities.
Provinces
Year Giang, Vat Giang, Vat Kan, Vat Place, Vat Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, CAD Bang, Dac Lake, Dien Well, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Lay Gia, Ha Giang, Hai Duong, Hau Giang, Ha Nam, Ha Tay, Ha Tinh, Hoa Binh, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Kon Tum, Lay Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Sound, Lao Cai, Long Year, Nam Dinh, Nghe Year, Ninh Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Ninh, Tri Quang, Ploughshare Trang, Its, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hoots, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang, Long Vinh, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai
Municipalities
Edge Tho, Da Nang, Haiphong, Hanoï, Hô Chi Minh City (ex-Saigon), Nha Trang
Geography
Detailed article: Geography of Viêt Nam
Viêt Nam is one of of South-east. It is surrounded by gulf of Thailand, it gulf of Tonkin, China Sea, , it and it . It occupies a surface of 329 560 km² including 4 200 territorial water km².
In the south, the climate is tropical while in north a climate of monsoon reigns; the rain season there begins in mid-May and finishes in mid-September.
Phan Xi P?ng, high 3 143 m, is the climax of the country.
Economy
Detailed article: Economy of Viêt Nam
Demography
Detailed article: Demography of Viêt Nam
Tourism
- temples cham, vestige of one disappeared civilization in the area of Da Nang ;
- Imperial city of Hooted, during Prohibited city in China;
- Bay of Long ha ;
- floating markets of the delta of Mekong.
Culture
Detailed article: Culture of Viêt Nam , literature Vietnamese
| Date | French name | Local name | Remarks |
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| 1er January | New solar Year | ||
| Birthday of the release of the South Viêt Nam | |||
| 1er May | International day of work | ||
| 2 September | National festival of the socialist Republic of Viêt Nam | ||
| mid-January or at the beginning of February | New lunar Year | Small fireclay cup | 4 days. It lasts of the last day of the previous year to the 3e New Year's Day following according to the lunar calendar |
See too
Related articles
External bonds
Sites general practitioners
- Notebooks of Vietnam, a cultural review on Vietnam
- aimed, infos tourist
- The directory of Web sites French-speaking people on Viêt Nam
- The gate of the topicality Vietnamese
- Right of Viêt Nam on Jurispedia, shared right
Institutional sites
Inheritance and history
Personal sites
- Vietnam my native land. Ground of the Dragons and Legends
- Review of one impassioned on the Vietnamese soldier nam
- Photographs of voyage to Vietnam
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