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VIETNAM IS ONE OF THER MOST BEUTIFUL COUNTRIES IN ASIA. IT LIES ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE INDOCHINA PENINSULA BORDERING CHINA TO THE NORTH, LAOS AND CAMBODIA TO THE WEST, AND THE EAST SEA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. THE COUNTRIES TOTAL LENGTH IS 1,650 KILOMETRES FROM THE MOUNTAIN ON THE CHINESE BORDER IN THE NORTH TO THE MEKONG DELTA IN THE SOUTH. CAPITAL AND MAJOR CENTRES Hanoi, the capital as well as the political, economic and cultural centre of Vietnam, is a city of shaded boulevards, green public parks and blue lakes. Other major cites include Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest and bustling centre. Haiphong is Vietnam’s third most populated city and the north’s main industrial centre as well as a major seaport. THE PEOPLE A warm, friendly people, the Vietnamese population exceeds 77 million divided into 54 ethnic groups. The largest group is the Viet accounting for 80% of the growing Vietnamese population. Vietnam’s population is dominated in number by people below 28 years of age, the so called ‘X G