What is the rank of Vietnam in area? What is the current area of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam?

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• What is the rank of Vietnam in area?
• What is the current area of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam?
• What are the prohibited acts in national border areas of Vietnam?

What is the rank of Vietnam in area?

Vietnam is an independent country located on the Indochina peninsula, in the Southeast of Asia. Our country has an S shape, narrow width and runs from North to South. The distance between the two northernmost and southernmost points of the country is 1,650km2.

So Vietnam's area is the largest in the world. To answer this question, you can refer to the following content:

Our country's area according to the latest data is about 331,698 km2 (converted to 33,169,800 hectares), ranked 66th in the world and has the 4th largest area in Southeast Asia. Of which there are about 327,480 km2 of land area and more than 4,500 km2 of internal waters with more than 2,800 islands and reefs. This includes the area of the two archipelagos Truong Sa and Hoang Sa. Area of Vietnam compared to China: China's area is about 9,630,960 km2, nearly 30 times the area of our country. Of these, the three autonomous regions of Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia are 1,660,000 km2, 1,228,400 km2, and 1,183,000 km2, respectively, all larger than Vietnam.

According to the Government Electronic Information Portal, some information about Vietnam's geography is as follows:

- Vietnam is a country located on the Indochina peninsula, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific coast. Vietnam has a 4,550 km long land border with China to the North, and Laos and Cambodia to the West; East sea bordering the east. On the map, the mainland of Vietnam is S-shaped, extending from latitude 23o23' North to 8o27' North, 1,650 km long in the north-south direction, the widest part on the mainland is about 500 km; The narrowest place is nearly 50 km.

- Vietnam's terrain is diverse: mountains, plains, coasts and continental shelves, reflecting a long history of geological and topographic development in a monsoon, hot and humid environment, with strong weathering. The terrain gradually lowers in the northwest - southeast direction, clearly shown by the flow direction of large rivers.

- Hills and mountains account for 3/4 of the territory but are mainly low hills and mountains. Low terrain below 1,000 m accounts for 85% of the territory. Mountains over 2,000 m high account for only 1%. Vietnam's mountains and hills form a large arc facing the East Sea, running 1,400 km long, from the Northwest to the Southeast.

The most massive mountain ranges are located in the West and Northwest with Fansipan peak being the highest in the Indochina peninsula (3,143m). The further east you go, the mountain ranges gradually lower and often end in a strip of low coastal land. From Hai Van Pass to the South, the terrain is simpler. Here there are no long limestone mountains, but vast blocks of granite, occasionally rising into high peaks; The rest are continuous plateaus forming the Central Highlands, the eastern edge is raised to form the Truong Son range.

- The plain only accounts for ¼ of the land area and is separated into many areas by hills and mountains. At both ends of the country, there are two large, fertile plains: the Northern Delta (Red River basin, 16,700 km2 wide) and the Southern Delta (Mekong River basin, 40,000 km2 wide). Located between those two large deltas is a chain of small and narrow plains, distributed along the Central Coast, from the delta of the Ma River basin (Thanh Hoa) to Phan Thiet with a total area of 15,000 km2.

- Vietnam has three sides, east, south and southwest, facing the sea with a coastline of 3,260 km, from Mong Cai in the north to Ha Tien in the southwest. The part of the East Sea under Vietnamese sovereignty extends to the east and southeast, surrounded by a continental shelf, large and small islands and archipelagos.

The Gulf of Tonkin alone concentrates a population of nearly 3,000 islands in the area of Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long, Cat Hai, Cat Ba, Bach Long Vi islands... Further away are the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos. To the southwest and south there are the island groups of Con Son, Phu Quoc and Tho Chu.

Above is some reference information for the question of how large Vietnam is in the worldmap.

What is the rank of Vietnam in area? What is the current area of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam? (Picture from internet)

What is the current area of 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam?

On a total area of 331,698 km2, Vietnam includes 63 provinces and cities and the area is divided as follows:

*Note: The above area and population are subject to change over time.

Accordingly, the province with the largest area in Vietnam is Nghe An with an area of 16,493.7 km2, accounting for 3.2% of the country's area.

Nghe An province is located in the center of the North Central region, bordering Laos and the East Sea to the east.

The province with the smallest area in Vietnam is Bac Ninh with an area of 822.7 km2, accounting for 0.15% of the country's area.

Bac Ninh province is located in the northeast of Vietnam, in the Red River Delta.

What are the prohibited acts in national border areas of Vietnam?

According to Article 14 of the Law on National Border 2003, it is stipulated as follows:

Article 14

Prohibited acts:

1. Displacement or vandalism of the border markers; falsification or deviation of the national borderline; deviation of natural flow of rivers or streams at the border; destruction of the border markers;

2. Disruption of social security, order and safety in the border areas; illegal residence or cultivation at the border areas; destruction of the border works;

3. Exhaustion of water resources, causing flood, environmental pollution, violating natural resources and national interest;

4. Illegal crossing at national border; smuggling or illegal trafficking of goods, money, weapons, drugs, dangerous substances, flammable substances or explosive substances across the national border; transport of harmful cultural products and other commodities prohibited by the Government from import or export across the national border;

5. Flying into no-fly zones; propelling, ejecting, releasing or carrying across the national border in the air flying vehicles, objects, substances that harm or potentially harm national defense, security, economy or health of inhabitants, environment, air safety and social order, safety in border areas;

6. Other acts violating regulations and law regarding national border.

Accordingly, the above acts are strictly prohibited in national border areas.