VIETNAM

by: Maryll Anne Sarabia

 China
Thailand

Vietnam

1,025 miles (1,650 km)

from north to south.
VIETNAM'S GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

Vietnam is a long, narrow nation

shaped like the letter S. It is in

Southeast Asia on the eastern edge

of the peninsula known as Indochina.

Its neighbors include China to the

north and Laos and Cambodia to the

west. The South China Sea lies to the

east and south.

 Vietnam has a communist government.
It is one of the five remaining
communist countries in the world

today. The president is the head of the

republic, and the prime minister is the

head of the government. It has three

branches: the executive, which is

administered by the government and

VIETNAM'S

TYPE OF the president, the legislative, which

consists of the national assembly of

GOVERNMENT Vietnam, and the judiciary which

comprises of the courts.



The local government comprises of the 58 provinces and five

municipalities which are centrally controlled by the

national government.
ELECTION

Elections in Vietnam take place every five

years and all people aged 18 and above have

the constitutional right to vote and elect

members of their choice. People aged 21 and

above have the right to vie for positions and

be voted into the national assembly. Elections

commissions oversee the election process; the

election council at the central level, the

electoral commission at the provincial level

and the election commission at the

constituency level.
 1. AGRICULTURE

RESOURCES 2. FORESTRY

3. FISHING

 Agriculture is the main source of raw

materials for the processing industries

and a major contributor to exports; by

the late 1980s Vietnam was again

exporting rice after years of

shortages. Permanent cultivation

covers large areas of the country’s

Agriculture lowlands and smaller portions of the

highlands.
 The export of such seafood as shrimp,

squid, crab, and lobster has become

a major source of foreign exchange.

There also has been an increase in

the number of commercial shrimp

farms. The most important freshwater

fisheries are located on the plains of

Fishing the Mekong and Champasak (Bassac)

rivers.
 Forestry is of major importance,

primarily serving the domestic market.

Charcoal production is widespread,

and a number of factories produce

furniture, pulp, and paper. Plywood,

lumber, and rattan products also

contribute to the economy.

Deforestation and soil degradation,

Forestry however, threaten the viability of the

industry, especially as domestic

demand for forest products rises.

 ALLIES OF VIETNAM
North Vietnam was supported by

the Soviet Union, China, and other

communist allies; South Vietnam

was supported by the United

States, South Korea, the

Philippines, Australia, Thailand, and

other anti-communist allies.



From 1954 to 1975 Vietnam was divided into two countries,

North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South
Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam). South Vietnam was heavily
backed by the US, which saw it as a bulwark against
communism.