GeoByte1:Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam.
GeoByte2:The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi.
GeoByte3:Vietnam has one of the world's largest armies. Altogether, more than three million Vietnamese serve in the military.
GeoByte4:Vietnam is a land of jungles, thick mountain forests and river deltas.
GeoByte5:Formerly a French colony, the country won its independence in 1954 as the states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. In 1976 the two Vietnams were reunited.
GeoByte6:In the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union and China backed Communist North Vietnam, while the U.S. and other non-Communist countries supported South Vietnam.