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Viet Nam (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 16 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 16.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 106 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 106.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settled by Annamite Mongoloid nomads 2000 BCE; Chinese control at various times through 15th century; divided North and South by wall 1613, reunified 1802; French control of some territory 19th-20th centuries; divided North and South 1954, Communist North battled USA-backed South 1960s-1975; official language is Vietnamese, though French, Chinese, English, Khmer, and tribal languages are also spoken. |
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| Việt Nam (preferred,C,V,Vietnamese-P,U,N)
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| Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam (C,V,O,Vietnamese,U,N)
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| Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam (C,V)
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| Công Hòa Xã Hôi Chu Nghĩa Viêt Nam (C,V)
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| Viet Nam (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Viet Nam (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Viet Nam (French-P,U,N)
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| Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (C,O,English,U,N)
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............ | adopted July 2, 1976 |
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam (C,O,English,U,N)
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| République socialiste du Viet Nam (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Vietnam (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Viet-Nam (C,V)
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| República Socialista de Viet Nam (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Вьетнам (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Социалистическая Республика Вьетнам (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 越南 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 越南社会主义共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| ف تَِ نام (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ف تَِ نام الاصتراه ةَ (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| VNM (C,O,ISO3L)
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| VN (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO704 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| VM00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Vietnamese (C,O,English,U,A)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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reunification declared in 1976 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Hà Nội .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Viet Nam, Hà Nội) [7001070] |
| historical connection .... |
Vǎn Lang .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8698167] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1977 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Социалистическая Республика Вьетнам.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013 |
| République socialiste du Viet Nam.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 785 |
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