Vietnam : In News
A high-level bilateral meeting between the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, and the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, was convened.
- It is located in the eastern portion of mainland Southeast Asia.
- It is bordered by China to the north, and Cambodia and Laos to the west.
- It shares a border with South China Sea (East and South), Gulf of Thailand (Southwest).
- It is a country of tropical lowlands, rolling green hills, and densely forested mountains.
- Red River and Mekong River both drain into the South China Sea.
- Vietnam’s principal physiographic features are the Annamese Cordillera which extends generally from northwest to southeast in central Vietnam.
- Highest Point: Vietnam’s highest point is Phan Xi Pang
- It is located in the tropical zone. Its climate is characterized by high temperature and humidity all year round.
- It is mainly abundant in antimony, phosphates, coal, manganese, rare earth elements, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits.
