Geography of Vietnam

Also known as Vietnam geography

Overview of the geography Vietnam

Key facts

Continent: Asia
Region: Southeast Asia
Coordinates: 16°00′N 108°00′E
Area: Ranked 66th
Total: 331,212 km (127,882 sq mi)
Land: 93.62%
Water: 6.38%
Coastline: 3,444 km (2,140 mi)
Borders: 4,639 km (2,883 mi)
Highest point: Fansipan , 3,144 metres (10,315 ft)
Lowest point: South China Sea , 0 metres (0 ft)
Longest river: Đồng Nai river (longest inland river) , 586 kilometres (364 mi)
Largest lake

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Regions of Vietnam Topographic map of Vietnam

Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987. It borders China, Laos, and Cambodia and has shorelines along the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and Pacific Ocean. The elongated roughly S shaped country has a north-to-south distance of 1,650 km (1,030 mi) and is about 50 km (31 mi) wide at its narrowest point. With a coastline of 3,260 km (2,030 mi), excluding islands, Vietnam claims 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) as the limit of its territorial waters, an additional 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) as a contiguous customs and security zone. It has an exclusive economic zone of 417,663 km (161,261 mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi).