Vietnam

By Brandon and Tyler

Location

•In southeast Asia

•To the south is South China sea

•West of India

•Northwest of Korea

Size•2nd largest country in Asia

• 410 km(25 miles) across

•The area is 329m by 569m

Population

•78, 939, 014 people in 1979, 64, 111, 713 people in 1989, 75, 355, 200 people in 1996

•A lot of young people

•24.2 people per square mile

•85% people Khin

Climate

•Tropical climate in the north

•Rarely falls below 25ºC rarely goes over 35ºC in north

•Has two seasons hot and wet

•Ho Chi Minh city got 180cm rain between May and October

Agriculture

•Rice is the crop harvested the most

• Wet rice is grow on irrigated paddies

•More work with wet rice but bigger amounts of money

•Also grow cashews, cassava, corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes

Plants and Animals

• Raise chickens, ducks, hogs

• There is buffalo, crocodiles, snakes, monkeys, wild boars, otters and panthers

• mosses, vines, ferns and low lying plants

• There is rare deer and several frogs

• New type of cow called Vu Quang Ox

Capital City Important Cities

•Hanoi is the capital

•Buddhist building built in 1744, 300 years old

•Buddhist building keep artifacts of history

•Ho Chi Minh city developed port

Religion

•Buddhist people believe people and cats have 9 lives

• Very few Christen

• Christens take lessons about God

• Taosim made Dowsim religion

• 1600’s Catholicism became Christens faith

Languages

•Speak Vietnamese in non urban area’s

•Also speak English, Chinese, French and Russian

Education

•15 year olds know how to read and write well

• age 6 to 10 required to be at school

• universities and agriculture colleges also in education

• technical schools, private business academies are there too

Natural Resources

•Bauxite mined

•Catch shell fish, shrimp

•Reserves petroleum

•Deposits basis for glass

•Became world leading producer of shrimp

•Big fish sector

•Sea food processed in plants

Food

•National noodle soup called Pho

•Fish sauce called nuoc mam used for seasoning

•Green tea main drink

•Sugar cane juices, coconut milk, soft drinks also drank

Sports

•Martial arts, Kung Fu, soccer, tennis

•Soccer popular

•Have sports festivals

•First martial arts school in 1253

•Originate Binh Din (martial art)

Transportation

•Traveling is hard

• few people can buy a car

• Trains really slow

• flying is very expensive

• roads need a lot of work because of Vietnam war

Bibliography

Books

Kaman, Bobbie Vietnam the Culture ,1996.

Kaman, Bobbie, Vietnam the Land,1996.

Encyclopedias

The New Book of Knowledge Volume 19 Volume u.v

World book Encyclopedias Volume 20 u.v

Websites

library. thinkquest.org

Bibliography

www.acc.mmu.acuk

www.bianformatics.colostate.edu

www.buf.kristianstad.se

www.easternapiculture.org

www.faculty/fairfield.edu

www.georgiabulletin.org

www.ibiblio.org

www.nationselcyclopedia.com

www.prlog.org

www.robandlourenphotographers.com

Bibliography

www.shaolin-wushu.de

www.thenutfactory.com

www.vietnaminholland.info

www.vietnamchildren.org

www.virtourist.com

wanderyonder.files.wordpress.com