Country of Vietnam
Vietnam (Nickname: The land of the
blue dragon)
it has the land of 331 km2 land and it border Cambodia,
Laos, and China. It sit in the south China sea, and it is a tropical country
with only 2 season, Dry and Rainy season. The official language is Vietnam. It
is a republic Socialist country, and the president is Võ Thị Ánh Xuân. Its
Independent day is September 2, 1945, and its currency is Dong. The country has 75 cities, and the capital
city is Hanoi, but the largest city is Ho Chi Minh City with 8.2 million
people.
The majority ethnic of Vietnam is Kinh 85%, Tay 1.92% Thai,
1.89%, Murong 1.51%, Hmong 1.45%, Nung
1.13%, Dao 0.93% and Hoa 0.78% and the rest 3.7%. Majority of Religion in Vietnam is Irreligion/Folk
belief which is 73.7% and then Buddhism
14.9%, Catholic 7.4%, Hoahaosim Buddhism 1.5%, Protestantism 1.1%. and the rest
1.4%. The country has the population of 96 million people which is 1.25% of the
world population.
History of Vietnam
Vietnam was ruled by a Chinese dynasty since 111 BC but in
939 Vietnam formed its first dynasty and expanded to south Vietnam. In 1883,
Vietnam was colonized by France until 1945 where Vietnam got its independence.
France tried to reclaim the land in the first Indochina war, but Vietnam was
victorious in 1954. in 1955 the Vietnam war just started between North Vietnam
and South Vietnam that was supported by United State. After 20 years of
fighting, North Vietnam won the war in 1975. Vietnam went to war with Cambodia
from 1978 until 1989 while also having a border war with China in 1979 for 4 weeks. Vietnam was
also embargo by the Americans after the Vietnam war for 19 years until 1994
when the embargo ended.
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