Vietnam

=**Vietnam**= Vietnam is a country in southeast Asia bordered by China, Laos, and Cambodia. It is also bordered by the South China Sea. It has hills and mountains and the climate is different from place to place. || Vietnam is south of Asia. It has a population of 88,257,000 people. They like eating rice, fish and vegetables. They catch lobster, shrimp, squid and fish. They speak Vietnamese. Most people live in the countryside of Vietnam. Half of the workers there are farmers. The people who live in the north have bamboo and wooden houses. In the south most people wear cotton clothing. Jungles and forest cover most of the mountains in Vietnam. || Vietnam, officially called the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a communist country. Its capital is Hanoi. Vietnam's money is called the dong. Vietnam's money is from farming. The main crop grown is rice. || People first lived in the area of Vietnam 3,700 years ago. Vietnam was first controlled by China and then Mongolia. France took over Vietnam in the 1800's and a war split the country into two parts, North and South. During World War II, Japan moved in. Later, the communist took over. A war took place from 1964-1973. Today, Vietnam is still a communist state. ||
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