| Located in the center of the South East Asia, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a sovereign and reunified independent country, is shaped like the lettes "S". The country lies in the eastern part of Indochina peninsula, bordered by China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, and the East Sea and Pacific Ocean to the Southeast. Vietnam's coastline is 3,260 km long and its inland border measures 3,730 km. The country's total length, from the northernmost point to the southernmost point, is 1,650 km. Its width, stretching from east to west, is 600 km at the widest point in the north, 400 km in the south, and 50 km at the narrowest part in the Quang Binh province on the central coast. Vietnam is also a transport junction from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. |