!!!Vietnam: Geography
||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[{GoogleMap location='16.166666,107.833336' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''331,210 sq km\\''land: ''310,070 sq km\\''water: ''21,140 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 331210\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 331210\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 329560\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 329560\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 331212\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 329560''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''4,639 km\\''border countries: ''Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km
||Coastline|3,444 km (excludes islands)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''South China Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Fan Si Pan 3,144 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Fan Si Pan 3211 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Phu Si Lung 3076 m; Ngok Linh 2598 m; Chu Yang Sin 2405 m; Phu Canh 1420 m; Nui Tan Vien 1296 m; Dinh Phan Xi Phang 3142 m; Phu Si Lung 3076 m; Phu Luong 2985 m; Ngok Linh 2598 m; Chu Yang Sin 2405 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Asia/Vietnam/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest
||Natural Hazards|occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta
||Natural Resource|phosphates, coal, manganese, rare earth elements, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, timber, hydropower
||Land Use|''arable land: ''19.64%\\''permanent crops: ''11.18%\\''other: ''69.18% (2011)
||Climate|tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
||Irrigated Land|45,850 sq km (2005)
||Renewable Water Resources|884.1 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|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
||Environment - international agreements|''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
||Large Cities|\\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Vietnam/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at its narrowest point\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Asia/Vietnam/Geography/Important_Lakes]