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About Vietnam
Vietnam is a country located in Southeast Asia, facing the South China Sea. Border countries are China, Laos and Cambodia. Vietnam is a member of ASEAN. With a population of over 85 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world. The area is today known as Vietnam has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, some archaeological sites in Thanh Hoa province presumably comes from several thousand years back.
History
Vietnam was colonized with the rest of French Indochina in the 1800s. This colony was occupied by Japan during the Second World War.
At the end of the Second World War the Japanese lydregimen together under Annam emperors Bao Dai and the Viet Minh, therefore, were formed a government in Hanoi made up of communists, as well as nationalists, this government was led by the Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
The Indonesian war lasted from 1946 to 1954, the war ended when the French withdrew from Vietnam after losing the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Later came the U.S. to involve more and more in Vietnam to prevent a communist takeover of the country.
Vietnam War which lasted from 1959 to 1975, was an armed conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, the war ended with a North Vietnamese victory, and thus the country’s reunification under Communist rule.
In 1976, Vietnam invaded neighboring Cambodia. Because of this, a conflict arose between Vietnam and China that ended with a border war between China and Vietnam, where Vietnamese forces were stronger, despite China’s numerical superiority.
Tourism
Vietnam has increasingly become a tourist destination and had in 2007 4 million visits down tourists. The visitors are often Germans, Frenchmen, Americans, Australians and people from New Zealand but there is also an increasing number of Israelis, Koreans and Japanese.
In the capital Hanoi there are several museums and attractions in the rest of northern Vietnam is first and foremost, the beautiful scenery of Ha Long Bay (one of Vietnam’s five world heritage). The highest mountain in Vietnam called, Fan Si Pan.
In central Vietnam, the old imperial city of Hué. From Hoi An, you can visit My Son, who has been Vietnam’s best-preserved temple complex. Further south is the town of Nha Trang is famous for its fine beaches.
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