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Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 90.3 million inhabitants as of 2012, it is the world's 13th-most-populous country, and the eighth-most-populous Asian country. The name Vietnam translates as "South Viet", and was officially adopted in 1945. The country is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976.

The Vietnamese became independent from Imperial China in, following the Battle of River. Successive Vietnamese royal dynasties flourished as the nation expanded geographically and politically into Southeast Asia, until the Indochina Peninsula was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. The First Indochina War eventually led to the expulsion of the French in 1954, leaving Vietnam divided politically into two states, North and South Vietnam. Conflict between the two sides intensified, with heavy foreign intervention, during the Vietnam War, which ended with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975.

Vietnam was then unified under a Communist government, but was politically isolated and impoverished. In 1986, the government initiated a series of economic and political reforms, which began Vietnam's path towards integration into the world economy. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Vietnam's economic growth has been among the highest in the world since 2000, and in 2011 it had the highest Global Growth Generators Index among 11 major economies. Its successful economic reforms resulted in it joining the World Trade Organization in 2007. However, the country still suffers from relatively high levels of income inequality, disparities in healthcare provision, and poor gender equality.


Vietnam (vietnamesisch: Việt Nam, Bedeutung: Viet des Südens, amtlich Sozialistische Republik Vietnam, vietnamesisch: Cộng hoà Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) ist ein langgestreckter Küstenstaat in Südostasien. Er grenzt an China, Laos, Kambodscha und das Südchinesische Meer.

Das erste historisch belegte Königreich auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Vietnams entstand im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Danach entwickelte sich ein friedliches Zusammenleben zwischen den Yues und den Han während der Trieu-Dynastie. 111 v. Chr. kam die Dynastie unter die Kontrolle der Han-Chinesen als Provinz der Han-Dynastie und blieb dies – unterbrochen von kurzen Zeiträumen der Unabhängigkeit – bis 938 n. Chr., als sie nach der Schlacht am Bạch Đằng-Fluss die Unabhängigkeit errang. Danach folgte eine Blütezeit der Kultur, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik. In dieser Zeit expandierte Vietnam auch in den Süden. 1880 kam Südvietnam als Teil von Französisch-Indochina unter französische Kolonialherrschaft, während der Norden noch vom Kaiser regiert wurde. 1954 wurde es in das kommunistische Nordvietnam (Hauptstadt Hanoi) und das von den Westmächten unterstützte Südvietnam (Hauptstadt Saigon) geteilt. Nach dem Vietnamkrieg kam es 1976 zur Wiedervereinigung und Saigon wurde nach dem verstorbenen Staatschef Nordvietnams in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt umbenannt.

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Sunset at Hoai River
Sunset at Hoai River
Taking care for the new rice wine and smoked meat
Taking care for the new rice wine and smoked meat
The safety way up ...
The safety way up ...
Hmong tribe
Hmong tribe
Bac Ha Sunday market
Bac Ha Sunday market
Bac Ha  Sunday market
Bac Ha Sunday market
Halong Bay
Halong Bay
Traffic in Hoi An
Traffic in Hoi An
Selling fine food under one bridge of Hue
Selling fine food under one bridge of Hue
loving family
loving family
Chinese lamp
Chinese lamp
Sunset at Hoi An Thu Bon river
Sunset at Hoi An Thu Bon river
Sunset at Halong Bay
Sunset at Halong Bay
Landscape in SaPa /  Terraced fields in Sa Pa
Landscape in SaPa / Terraced fields in Sa Pa
For you ...
For you ...
My mother is  the best.
My mother is the best.
Hoi An with it's beautiful river
Hoi An with it's beautiful river
There is quite great life hidden.
There is quite great life hidden.
Hoi An at sunset
Hoi An at sunset
the beautiful Hoi An at Thu Bon River
the beautiful Hoi An at Thu Bon River
Sunset at Halong Bay
Sunset at Halong Bay
Sunset mood in Halong Bay
Sunset mood in Halong Bay
The life of the chicken's in Vietnam
The life of the chicken's in Vietnam
Incense selling
Incense selling
My dream - to ride a motor bike
My dream - to ride a motor bike
selling fresh bamboo shoots
selling fresh bamboo shoots
To meet one's fate
To meet one's fate
Market in Sa Pa
Market in Sa Pa
waiting for customers
waiting for customers
Our room in Red Dragon Junk
Our room in Red Dragon Junk
Red Dragon Cruise
Red Dragon Cruise
Short meeting
Short meeting
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IMG_7090_K.jpg
Smoked meat and producing rice wine
Smoked meat and producing rice wine
washing maschines repair centre
washing maschines repair centre
Sa Pa landscape
Sa Pa landscape
What dit you buy?
What dit you buy?
Flower in the temple
Flower in the temple
The youth in Bac Ha
The youth in Bac Ha
Terraces in SaPa
Terraces in SaPa
Overview the market in Bac Ha
Overview the market in Bac Ha
What is going on here??
What is going on here??
Young mother with baby
Young mother with baby
We all enjoying the market
We all enjoying the market
Rice wine will be produced here.
Rice wine will be produced here.
Together the load is half
Together the load is half
Watching together other people...
Watching together other people...
Selling medicin...
Selling medicin...
They are so cute, aren't they?
They are so cute, aren't they?
Need a open air haircut?
Need a open air haircut?
Together make's fun ...
Together make's fun ...
It looks like in a open cooking school
It looks like in a open cooking school
Thinking about life ....
Thinking about life ....
Kitchen of Mong people in Lao Chai
Kitchen of Mong people in Lao Chai
Fields, ready to plant some rice
Fields, ready to plant some rice
SaPa and the area
SaPa and the area
Mum's milk is still the best....
Mum's milk is still the best....
Waiting for customer ...
Waiting for customer ...
Hard working man ...
Hard working man ...
A Asian dream living over there.
A Asian dream living over there.
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