Fiktiv Vietnam

Anthem: Tiếng Gọi Công Dân
Capital: Hanoi
Largest city: Ho Chi Minh City
National language: Vietnamese
Ethnic groups: 85.32% Vietnamese
53 minorities
1.92% Tày
1.89% Thái
1.51% Mường
1.45% H'Mông
1.37% Khmer
1.13% Nùng
0.93% Dao
4.48% Others
Religion:
73.7% No religion / Folk
14.9% Buddhism
8.5% Christianity
1.5% Hoahaoism
1.2% Caodaism
0.2% Others
Demonym(s) Vietnamese
Government Unitary multi-party presidential constitutional republic
• President
Trần Anh Kim
• Prime Minister
Nguyễn Tiến Trung
• Chairman of House of Representatives
Vu Duc Khanh
• Chairman of Senate
Nguyễn Sĩ Bình
Legislature: National Assembly
• Upper house
Senate (60; Democratic Party of Vietnam 33, People's Action Party 12, Nationalist Party of Vietnam 7, Reform Revolutionary Party 5, Independents 3)
• Lower house
House of Representatives (475; Democratic Party of Vietnam 251, People's Action Party 123, Nationalist Party of Vietnam 55, Reform Revolutionary Party 41, Independents 5)
Formation
• First royal dynasty
c. 7th century BC
• Chinese domination of Vietnam
111 BC
• Reclaimed independence from China
938
• Last royal dynasty
1 June 1802
• Became under French Protectorate
6 June 1884
• Independence declared from France
2 September 1945
• Geneva Accords (South-North division)
21 July 1954
• Liberation/Fall of Saigon
30 April 1975
• Reunification
2 July 1976
• Current constitution
28 November 2013
Area
• Total
331,699 km2 (128,070 sq mi) (66th)
• Water (%)
6.38
Population
• 2020 census
109,793,803 (16th)
• Density
295.0/km2 (764.0/sq mi) (29th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total
Increase $1,047.318 billion (23rd)
• Per capita
Increase $10,755 (106th)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total
Increase $340.602 billion (35th)
• Per capita
Increase $3,498 (115th)
Gini (2020)	Positive decrease 33.4
medium
HDI (2020)	Increase 0.708
high · 117th
Currency: đồng (₫) (VND)
Time zone: UTC+07:00 (Vietnam Standard Time)
Date format: dd/mm/yyyy
Mains electricity	220 V – 50 Hz
Driving side: right
Calling code: +84
ISO 3166 code: VN
Internet TLD: .vn

Vietnam (also written as Viet Nam, Vietnamese: Việt Nam), officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng Hòa), is a country in Southeast Asia and the easternmost country on the Indochinese Peninsula. With an estimated 109.8 million inhabitants as of 2020, it is the 16th most populous country in the world. Vietnam shares its land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares its maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital city is Hanoi, and its most populous city is Ho Chi Minh City.

Archaeological excavations indicate that Vietnam was inhabited as early as the Paleolithic age. The ancient Vietnamese nation, which was centered on the Red River valley and nearby coastal areas, was annexed by the Han dynasty in the 2nd century BC, which subsequently made Vietnam a division of Imperial China for over a millennium. The first independent monarchy emerged in the 10th century AD. This paved the way for successive imperial dynasties as the nation expanded southward until the Indochina Peninsula was colonised by the French in the late 19th century. Modern Vietnam was born upon the Proclamation of Independence from France in 1945. Following Vietnamese victory against the French in the First Indochina War, which ended in 1954, the nation was divided into two rival states: communist North and anti-communist South. Conflicts intensified in the Vietnam War, which saw extensive US intervention in support of South Vietnam and Soviet and Chinese support for the North, and ended with North Vietnamese victory in 1975.

After North and South Vietnam were reunified as a communist state under a unitary socialist government in 1976, the country became economically and politically isolated until 1986, when the Communist Party initiated a series of economic and political reforms that facilitated Vietnamese integration into world politics and the global economy. As a result of the successful reforms, Vietnam has enjoyed a high GDP growth rate, consistently ranked among the fastest-growing countries in the world. The country went through a process of transition following the end of communism in 2000 towards democracy. By 2010, Vietnam had established diplomatic relations with 178 countries. It is a member of such international organisations as the United Nations (UN), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

On the First Tier, Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces (Vietnamese: tỉnh) and five municipalities under the command of the central government (Vietnamese: thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to the provinces.

The provinces are divided into Provincial Cities, Towns and Rural Districts as the Second Tier units. At the Third Tier, Provincial City and Town is divided into Ward and Commune, while Rural District is divided into Townships (thị trấn) and Communes.

Provinces of Vietnam:
Bắc Giang Province Bắc Giang
Bắc Kạn Province Bắc Kạn
Cao Bằng Province Cao Bằng
Hà Giang Province Hà Giang
Lạng Sơn Province Lạng Sơn
Phú Thọ Province Việt Trì
Quảng Ninh Province Hạ Long
Thái Nguyên Province Thái Nguyên
Tuyên Quang Province Tuyên Quang
Lào Cai Province Lào Cai
Yên Bái Province Yên Bái
Điện Biên Province Điện Biên Phủ
Hòa Bình Province Hòa Bình
Lai Châu Province Lai Châu
Sơn La Province Sơn La
Bắc Ninh Province Bắc Ninh
Hà Nam Province Phủ Lý
Hải Dương Province Hải Dương
Hưng Yên Province Hưng Yên
Nam Định Province Nam Định
Ninh Bình Province Ninh Bình
Thái Bình Province Thái Bình
Vĩnh Phúc Province Vĩnh Yên
Hà Nội City Hoàn Kiếm District
Hải Phòng City Hồng Bàng District
Hà Tĩnh Province Hà Tĩnh
Nghệ An Province Vinh
Quảng Bình Province Đồng Hới
Quảng Trị Province Đông Hà
Thanh Hóa Province Thanh Hóa
Thừa Thiên-Huế Province Huế
Đắk Lắk Province Buôn Ma Thuột
Đắk Nông Province Gia Nghĩa
Gia Lai Province Pleiku
Kon Tum Province Kon Tum
Lâm Đồng Province Đà Lạt
Bình Định Province Qui Nhơn
Bình Thuận Province Phan Thiết
Khánh Hòa Province Nha Trang
Ninh Thuận Province Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm
Phú Yên Province Tuy Hòa
Quảng Nam Province Tam Kỳ
Quảng Ngãi Province Quảng Ngãi
Đà Nẵng City  Hải Châu District
Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province Bà Rịa
Bình Dương Province Thủ Dầu Một
Bình Phước Province Đồng Xoài
Đồng Nai Province Biên Hòa
Tây Ninh Province Tây Ninh
Hồ Chí Minh City District 1
An Giang Province Long Xuyên
Bạc Liêu Province Bạc Liêu
Bến Tre Province Bến Tre
Cà Mau Province Cà Mau
Đồng Tháp Province Cao Lãnh
Hậu Giang Province Vị Thanh
Kiên Giang Province Rạch Giá
Long An Province Tân An
Sóc Trăng Province Sóc Trăng
Tiền Giang Province Mỹ Tho
Trà Vinh Province Trà Vinh
Vĩnh Long Province Vĩnh Long
Cần Thơ City Ninh Kiều District