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 Geography
Unlike most other countries of a
similar size, Vietnam extends across two climatic zones, with
a moderate climate in the North, and a tropical climate in
the South. The country measures more than 1,650km from North
to South with a coastline about 2,000km long, covering an
area of 329,560 square kilometres. Laos and Cambodia share
its western borders, with China to the North, and the South
China Sea to the East and South. There are five distinct geographic
regions: the mountainous north with peaks above 3,000 metres;
the Red River delta of Hanoi; the Annamite Mountain Range,
which divides North and South; the narrow coastal strip between
the Annamite Mountain Range and the South China Sea, and the
Mekong delta in the South.
Climate
Covering two different climatic zones, Vietnam has a moderate
northern zone, with winter from November to April, and summer
from May to October, and a tropical southern zone, with the
climate much like the rest of Southeast Asia. The south's
cool, dry season is from November to January, the hot dry
season from February to April or May, and the rainy season
from May or June to October. Vietnam is occasionally affected
by typhoons during the rainy season.
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