Việt Nam
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- Names
Việt Nam
Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam
Công Hòa Xã Hôi Chu Nghĩa Viêt Nam
Viet Nam
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
République socialiste du Viet Nam
Vietnam
Viet-Nam
República Socialista de Viet Nam
VNM
VN
ISO704
VM00
Vietnamese
- Place Type
- nation
- Description
- Settled by Annamite Mongoloid nomads 2000 BCE; Chinese control at various times through 15th cen.; divided N & S by wall 1613, reunified 1802; French control of some territory 19th-20th cen.; divided N & S 1954, Communist N battled USA-backed S 1960s-1975; official language is Vietnamese, though French, Chinese, English, Khmer & tribal languages are also spoken.
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- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Asia-Pacific, National Geographic (1989); Britannica Book of the Year (1991); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Handbook (1988); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999); Times Atlas of the World (1985); UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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