Địa lý Việt Nam The geography of vietnam

 Vietnam is one of the ten countries that compose Southeast Asia  It is bordered by China on the north, Cambodia and Laos on the west, the Gulf of Tonkin to the northeast, the Gulf of

The Geography of Vietnam

 Vietnam is one of the ten countries that compose Southeast Asia

 It is bordered by China

on the north, Cambodia and Laos on the west, the Gulf of Tonkin to the northeast, the Gulf of Thailand to the

southwest, and the South China Sea to the east

 The country is divided into 3 regions:

North Vietnam

 With Hanoi as the urban center, northern Vietnam developed more rapidly than

other sections of the country

 Fertile soil of the Red River allowed for an agrarian-based society to develop and

prosper

Central Vietnam

 Central Vietnam is very narrow In some sections, only 50 kilometers separates

neighboring country, Laos, from the sea

 Due to the limited land area, most

inhabitants are employed in sea-related activities

South Vietnam

 Southern Vietnam corresponds to

America’s “Wild West”

 The frontier area is underdeveloped

compared to the rest of the country,

however, the rich land of the Mekong Delta today makes the area the world’s third leading exporter of rice

Rain Forests

by jungle-like rain

forests

& tropical vegetation

grassy prairies

wild boar, tigers

“two baskets of rice slung on a pole.” The baskets are

the deltas of the Red River in the north and the Mekong in the south, and the carrying pole is a series

of mountain chains along the western border.

Mexico

nation in world

(1/4 of U.S pop.)

 Monsoon season is from June to

November

 The monsoon brings intense heat and

typhoons, along with heavy rain

 Average yearly rainfall is 59 inches,

though Hanoi receives 72 inches annually

Houses on the Red River and Mekong Delta are elevated on poles as an adaptation to thwart the powerful rivers

that regularly overflow their banks

Rice is Life

more than 12 million acres

provide food, while the rest of the plant is

utilized for making flour, beer, wine, fuel, fertilizer, straw mats,

“A Farmer’s Calendar”

The twelfth moon for potato growing, the first for beans, the second for eggplant.

In the third, we break the land

to plant rice in the fourth while the rains are strong.

The man plows, the woman plants, and in the fifth: harvest, and the gods are good—

an acre yields five full baskets this year.

I grind and pound the paddy, strew husks

to cover manure, and feed the hogs with bran.

Next year, if the land is extravagant,

I shall pay the taxes for you.

In plenty or in want, there will still be you and me,