Passport card
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
- Capital
- Hanoi
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Dong
- Languages
- Vietnamese
- People
- About 10 crore
- Size
- About 3.3 lakh km²
- Leader
- President and Party chief To Lam
- Free since
- 2 September 1945
- Time
- 1½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 1:30 pm in Hanoi
⭐ Vietnam is about 1,650 km long, but only about 50 km wide at its narrowest.
Your Vietnam stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Vietnam
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Vietnam
Turn the globe with your finger. Vietnam has 3 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Vietnam and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 10 times the size of Vietnam.
- PeopleIndia has about 15 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 10 crore in Vietnam.
- DistanceHanoi is about 3,000 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeVietnam is 1½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 1:30 pm in Hanoi.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Vietnam, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Vietnam
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Vietnam's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Vietnam back on the map
Vietnam and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 4 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Vietnam worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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